Analysis of Prevail
Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)
By strength can no man prevail.
His schemes will all fail.
Fallen, they lay in the dirt.
Prisoners now blind
Corrupted in mind,
No caring for what is offended.
Sowing increase.
Reaping grief.
Rejecting the One,
Those love was to come,
How could we be so stupid.
See what's been done!
The spells that were spun,
Have left us in spiritual ruin.
If we return,
Regain what we earn,
The spell will be broken.
The fight they will see,
Not you and me,
But another,
Who has our devotion.
Man cannot win,
If he messes with sin.
God's laws cannot be broken.
So flee while you can.
They must understand.
Tell them:
I am not jokin.
Scheme | AA X BBC XX DX C DDD EED FFXD GG D X X XD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 11111 1011001 10011 01001 110111010 1001 101 01001 11111 1111110 1111 01101 1110100010 1101 01111 011110 01111 1101 1010 1110010 1101 111011 1110110 11111 1101 11 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 641 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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