Analysis of Unchained
What strips away
often more important
—than what we chase
What we discard
often the magic
—in winning the race
What we forgive
often the difference
—between joy and pain
And what we love
God's given key
—to a life unchained
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
| Scheme | XAB XXB XXX XCA C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 101010 1111 1101 10010 01001 1101 100100 01101 0111 1101 1011 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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