Analysis of Redemption Near
Did you waste your life,
just making money
Did you eat the bread,
and not the honey
Did you sell your soul,
as the children watched
Was your heart left cold,
in a tinderbox
We’re your excuses detailed,
and your reasons poor
Did you wake up full,
and still ask for more
Were your blessings shunned,
as you scratched and clawed
Saying no harm done,
“I never broke the law”
Were you teeth all straightened,
and your motives bent
Were your eyes detached,
from what heaven sent
Are you memories lost,
in some dead refrain
As a lonely footnote,
to another’s name
If you had a chance,
to right this wrong
Would you hum in silence,
or break out in song
If you’re still alive,
the choice is clear
All joy awaits,
redemption near
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Scheme | XA XA XX XX XX XX BX XX BC XC XX XX XD XD XE XE X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 11010 11101 01010 11111 10101 11111 0010 0101001 01101 11111 01111 01101 11101 10111 110101 011110 01101 01101 11101 111001 01101 10101 111 11101 1111 111010 11101 11101 0111 1101 0101 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 734 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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