Analysis of Spirit's Cry
We’ve had forever to get it right
this religion we hold dear
But why the murder and ‘holy wars’
that underwrite our fear
We stand in judgment and wield belief
with weapons poorly thrown
Our eyes rejecting while spirit’s cry
—our futures poorly sown
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)
| Scheme | XA XA XB CB C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101111 1010111 110100101 110101 110100101 110101 1010101101 1010101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 295 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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