Analysis of Verbal Crusade
The newly armed Prophet,
his heart beating strong
An old disarmed Sage,
living futile and long
If words could bring victory,
the benign would then reign
But vows must be forged
with steel edges of pain
Intentions when noble,
bearing witness to fact
That for change to bring truth
—must the wise man attack
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2020)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110 11101 11011 101001 1111100 001111 11111 111011 010110 101011 111111 101101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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