Analysis of An Echo Divine
I do and don’t believe in God,
at exactly the same time
A paradox like the Trinity,
an unwritten verse that rhymes
I feel him inside me with every step,
while knowing he’s not there
I carry his joy within my heart,
though reason not to share
A metaphysical oxymoron,
incomprehensibly proclaimed
And while science tears him limb from limb
—I still call out his name
(Villanova Chapel: February, 2020)
Scheme | XX AX XB XB XX XX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 1010011 01010100 1010111 11101111001 110111 110110111 110111 00100110 0010001 011011111 111111 01010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 400 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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