Analysis of Priests Are Men
The breath of priests
Their voices thin
Who fruit are we
We pray within
Finding broken roads
Where dreams explode
Priest are cloaked
Behind their robes
Lord, these priests are men
Let the whole world say, amen
| Scheme | ABCBDEFGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 0111 1101 1111 1101 10101 1101 111 0111 11111 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 200 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Written on September 03, 2021
Submitted by gregory_g on September 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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