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


Scheme XXXXX XA ABXCX XDD XBB XXX C
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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Rob Urich

Family, Friends. Amazin gf. Hardcore-punk-metal music. Born To Lose crew. Unload sort at United Parcel Service. Undergrad of arts at Elmhurst College in Communications and a minor of Business Admin. Reading, Writing. more…

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