Analysis of Temptation
Intensity fills the love
Of my heart.
Shattered jewels,
Heartfelt cries of pain
To God and tears
In my eyes.
Running cries,
Running cries.
I see love that never
Dies.
I jumped out of a fire
With my clothes burning.
Smite and trot,
Smite and trot.
Smoking hot,
Steaming like a pot.
I see a glimpse of hell
And beneath me sinners
Fell.
I see a glimpse of heaven
And above me there is
A bell.
The bell rings
And a trumpet of
Heaven sings.
I roll in the grass
And think of all
The evil that comes
To pass.
I smite thee evil,
I smite thee!
My works are holy,
I avoid the evil
And do the good
But temptation stays
And wicked thoughts
In my heart plays.
The moisture on the grass
Killed the flames
But my heart is still
Weak for dames.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100101 111 1010 1111 1101 011 101 101 111110 1 1111010 11110 101 101 101 10101 110111 001110 1 1101110 001111 01 011 00101 101 11001 0111 01011 11 11110 111 11110 101010 0101 10101 0101 0111 010101 101 11111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 728 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 41 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 564 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 145 |
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This Poem is From: I Am A Man As I Should Be: Poem Book 1, on amazon, It’s formatted in Kindle, large print, audio, hardback, and paperback.
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