Analysis of The Politics Of Religion
The arrogance
of conscription
the blasphemy
of denial
Abraham
shouting high above
to dam
the bloody Nile
We speak with words
deceptive
to try and steal
the peace
As blasphemy
that self destructs
in arrogance
— repeats
(The New Room: March, 2024)
| Scheme | AXBX CXCX XXXX BXAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100 1010 0100 1010 10 10101 11 0101 1111 010 1101 01 1100 1101 0100 01 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 01, 2024
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on April 01, 2024
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