Analysis of Is There Sex in Heaven?
Is there sex in Heaven?
It seems there'd be no use
For those who are in Heaven
Don't need to reproduce
No need for little babies
No need of man and wife
For those who are in Heaven
Enjoy eternal Life
Sadly, my friend
When it comes to the end
The bodily pleasures are few,
There's no need to eat
You've no legs and no feet
So a walk in the hills is out too!
Your body, once sound,
Has been left in the ground -
It's only your spirit that's free,
So there's nothing to do
But admire the view
From the clouds floating over the sea.
So there's no sex in Heaven
As far as we can tell
I've just got one more question -
Is there any sex in Hell?
Scheme | abAbxcAc ddeffe ggheeh aiai |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010 111111 1111010 11101 1111010 111101 1111010 010101 1011 111101 01001011 11111 111011 101001111 11011 111001 11011011 111011 10101 101101001 1111010 111111 1111110 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 666 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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