Analysis of Pulpit to Soapbox
When did religious leaders step down from their pulpits
to get up on the soapbox?
Will they now allow elected leaders to speak
from the holiest of holies to pronounce economic policies?
Does this mean that religious have given up
speaking directly to their flocks to use politics
to solve the hard problems?
Does religion not hold enough meaning
to keep up the numbers?
Has religion tried hard enough
within itself to solve life's problems?
To save and nurture a soul preaching
was how it was done not the ballot box.
Now, with respect to these religions,
to me, most are true and the followers of them should just do it.
However, respect is given to those that earn it
from their actions and not elections.
In the end, I say to you learn your words and live them true,
it is how people will judge you.
Scheme | XAXX XXBCX XBCA DEED FF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010111110 111101 111010101011 1010011101010100 11110101101 100101111110 110110 1010110110 111010 10101101 010111110 110100110 1111110101 110111010 1111100100111111 100111011111 111001010 00111111110111 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 784 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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