Analysis of The Fatality Of Religion



Cathedral Mosque
or Synagogue
their masquerade
the same
Preaching what
they don’t believe
the Good Lord
to profane

Christians Jews
and Muslims share
their hate for
other faiths
Self-righteous ire
scriptures burn
as blood flows
through the gate

Colleges and
social networks
homes where they
blaspheme
Younger hearts
and narrow minds
starving
to believe

The clock ticks down
as options die
in zero sum
degrees
The vilest thing
to haunt the earth
breeds death
— with each decree

(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)


Scheme XXXAXBXX XXXXXXXX XXXAXXCB XXXXCXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 110 101 01 101 1101 011 101 101 0101 111 101 1101 101 111 101 1000 101 111 1 101 0101 10 101 0111 1101 0101 01 011 1101 11 1101 110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 509
Words 85
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 24, 2024

Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on April 24, 2024

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