Analysis of An Altar Unknown
When we all get to heaven,
do we pray in one voice
Or keep our wills separate,
then to still have a choice
When we meet the almighty,
will our thoughts be our own
Or is identity sacrificed,
—on his altar unknown
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110 111011 1110110 111101 1110010 11011101 11010010 111001 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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