Analysis of In His Name Only
“By God anointed…”
religions claim,
then fight to steal His throne
Devotion pledged
in false pretense,
to become the greater known
A figurehead
to suit their needs,
they break His every rule
To seize with power
these ‘Chosen Ones’
—intentions harsh and cruel
(Villanova University: April, 2021)
| Scheme | XXA XXA XXX XXB B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 0101 111111 0101 0101 1010101 010 1111 1111001 11110 1101 0101010 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 294 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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