Analysis of The Holy Spirit
James Johnson 1952 (Algoma, WV)
Without us the body dies
We are Holy
We are Ghosts
We bridge realms
Then, now and forever
We hear hearts stop
And we hear you cry
We know why
and we pass on everything
When you're bad, We're a Demon.
When you're good, We're a Saint.
When we listen and obey our Maker.
When we even escape the Undertaker.
Who told you such a lie?
We never die, so don't cry.
We even heard your final reply,
So come now and lets fly.
| Scheme | XXXX AXBBX XXAA BBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110101 1110 111 111 110010 1111 01111 111 011110 1111010 111101 11100011010 1110010100 111101 1101111 110111001 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 402 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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