Analysis of Only God Can Command
The cusp of brilliance
can still be controlled
While genius can neither
be coaxed nor cajoled
Being still on the fringe
keeps one foot on dry land
But when totally immersed
—only God can command
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110 11101 110110 11101 101101 111111 1110001 101101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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