Analysis of His slippery slope.
watching as my sand runs out
I'm living to the full
I gather all the good times up
I strive and push and pull.
I like the pace, oh yes I do
And many call me blessed
It's like a nose and grindstone thing
I seldom get to rest.
But then last night I turned the dial
And got a preacher's rant
That Jesus was the only way
But man, I won't... I can't.
The end is just the end you see
I mean to put it off
And gather all the chips I can
Before this frame I doff.
And nothing-ness is my next step
No pain and no regret
No Golden City for the saved
No flames of wrath I bet.
And when my last breath leaves the show
That guy says I will wake
With endless wails and God elsewhere
With Truth I failed to take.
Scheme | X A X A X B X B X C X C X D X D X E X E X F X F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111 110101 11010111 110101 11011111 010111 1101011 110111 111111010 010101 11010101 111111 01110111 111111 01010111 011111 01011111 110101 11010101 111111 01111101 111111 1101011 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 720 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 24 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 22 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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