Analysis of Papal Bull on Marriage
James Anthony Kenny 1953 (Avoca)
There once was a papal bull,
Marriages he refused to annul,
Celibacy for clerics he did decree,
Genuflect and bend at the knee,
Both may be lives of austerity.
Scheme | ABCCC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
Metre | 1110101 100101110 10001101101 101101 11111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 159 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
A ditty about religious view towards marriage in the laity and clerics and an apparent lack of support when either one fail.
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Written on February 07, 2022
Submitted by PolarPaddy on February 08, 2022
Modified by PolarPaddy on February 08, 2022
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