Analysis of This I Must Believe
Have the patience of Job
my dark skinned brother.
Rome was not built in a day,
as they say, nor were the iniquities
that you endure and shall endure
into the future of this new
and brave century.
Your eyes are tired and sad,
but be of good cheer.
We shall drink new wine,
and break bread together,
and we shall walk side by side
as equals, and you shall be exiled
no more in the kingdom of heaven,
for we will have learned to love life,
and even the land, the seas and skies
will be healed, and the creation
will groan no more for the oppressed
and slain in the name of hatred.
Oh, this I must believe!
Scheme | XAXBXXX XXXAXXCXBCXX X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 101011 11110 1111001 1111001 11010101 01010111 01100 1111001 11111 11111 011010 0111111 11001111 110010110 11111111 010010101 11100010 11111001 01001110 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 583 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 12, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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