Analysis of The Seed

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



God's words have great power when spoken
Greatest when planted within thee
Our hearts nurture them till broken
Without them, where will our faith be


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111110110 10110011 101101110 011111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 148
Words 25
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 25

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As in poetry, it shall be said.

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Written on April 06, 2023

Submitted on April 06, 2023

Modified on April 29, 2023

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