Analysis of The Faithless Shepherd
She plants earthchild trees sanctifying unity
Skinned away bark, leisurely lain lifeless leaves
upon forest floors of repetitive needs as well as
roots excavated rest, caressed of a breeze
so goeth The Spring to blossom its weeds!
Hidden under her bloodless cloaks, a multitude of
As a dead Moon forever condemned plummets to mud
The faithless slaughter anticipated
solely laughter as stated sin
cherishes itself like fruit tempts help
of passions carnal-
A family owned carnival of perpetual shelves
Her pupils locked not on mercy- at lest of victims beggeth
Oh tragedy schemes! Blood of her children to streams crawl
To herself does not appall
On the way home nothing absolute to ponder
She returns to regular life with kin
Simple livin’
Her choices dumbfound
The Shepherd, Sheep, and even fellow Wolves
Secrets make trust difficult among animals
Alas! The Devil himself is a cannibal
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111100 10111001101 01101101001111 1100101101 110111011 101001010101 1011010011011 01100100 100101101 100011111 11010 01001100101001 01011110111101 1100111010111 1011101 10111010110 1011100111 101 01010 0101010101 101110001100 010100110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 867 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 5, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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