Analysis of The Proffer
Religions survive
through subjugation
Without it,
they are lost
Wielding guilt as a weapon,
they proffer salvation
Enlightenment and freedom
—their cost
(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: May, 2019)
| Scheme | XA XX AA XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01001 11 011 111 1011010 110010 0100010 11 1100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 191 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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