Analysis of In me



You are the apple of my eye.  
Covered by the blood.
You are cleansed and set free.
You are whole in me.

Put on my breastplate.
I am your shield.
My word is your sword.

Death has been defeated.
No weapon with prosper.
For I am before you.
Evermore.  


Scheme XABB XXX AXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111 10101 111011 11101 1111 1111 11111 111010 110110 111011 10
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 259
Words 61
Sentences 12
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Written on March 01, 2023

Submitted by WENDYMAY on March 01, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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