Analysis of Divinity's Hymn
I sold my soul
for new meter and rhyme
Trading salvation
for a thing greater still
The joyful embrace
of one hell damning phrase
Living immortal, perpetual
—fulfilled
I sold my soul
as the Devil laughed
Knowing not, my final words
were for him
Exposing his lie
and his legions of hate
With my last breath
—Divinity’s hymn
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Scheme | Ax xx xx xx Ax xb xx xb x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 111001 10010 101101 01001 111101 100100100 01 1111 10101 1011101 011 01011 011011 1111 11 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 370 |
Words | 62 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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