Analysis of Muslim &/or Believer
Everything is Muslim, even the man that will not submit,
The death, murder, and mayhem are the balance to the scale.
This trial that you endure, is to see if you’re going to quit,
If you’re going to run, hide, and put everything up for sale.
You might as well, fighting oppressions for the true follower,
Seeking justice and freeing slaves, correct me if I’m wrong,
Fooling yourself, actions show that you’re a just a deceiver,
“Faith without works is dead” how about yours, is it strong?
Willingly or unwillingly, death in the end is submission,
“To: The Believers” is what sets you apart from the Muslim,
If only we’d followed the teachings, and really paid attention,
Instead of lip profession, and spiritless rituals, to offer Him.
We see a wrong, change it, with our hands, mouth, heart,
Still faith in the end, the heart is the part that’s the weakest,
Staying there is where it’s hidden, in a place that’s dark,
Saying it out of your mouth is good, but the hands are best.
You say that you’re a Muslim, and-or you say a Believer,
Examples are what the Prophets did Adam to Muhammad,
Nothing like what your lives entail, reality is a disaster,
The Prophecy is worse, but your Jennah, just might be sad.
Scheme | A B A B C D C D E F E F X X X X C X C X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110100111101 0110011010101 1101101111111011 11101110110111 111110010101100 10100101011111 1001101110101 1011111011111 1001010010011010 100101111011010 1101100100101010 0111010011001101 110111110111 11001011011010 1011111000111 10111111110111 111101001110010 010110101101010 101111011010010 0100111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,253 |
Words | 254 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Everything is Muslim, even the man that will not submit, The death, murder, and mayhem are the balance to the scale.
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