Analysis of Sacrificial Hymn
I sold my soul
for new meter and rhyme
Trading salvation,
for a thing greater still
The joyous embrace
of one hell damning phrase
Now immortal, perpetual,
—fulfilled
I sold my soul
as the Devil laughed
Knowing not, my final words
were for him
Exposing his lie,
and his legions of hate
With my last breath,
—a sacrificial hymn
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Scheme | Ax xx xx xx Ax xb xx xb x |
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Poetic Form | ~Monorhyme |
Metre | 1111 111001 10010 101101 01001 111101 10100100 01 1111 10101 1011101 011 01011 011011 1111 00101 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 376 |
Words | 63 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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