Analysis of Unbaptized Words
The contract unsigned,
pen firmly in hand
The bliss not for barter,
its insight freestands
Fame and notoriety,
may go where they please
To my grave and beyond,
the verse teaches and frees
No pity I ask for,
understanding I shun
My fortune unspoiled,
wolf’s mountain to run
Till one day uncovered,
hidden deep on the shelf
A message uncensored,
as I wrote for myself
And that voice I was gifted,
and the music I heard
In themselves live forever,
—free unbaptized words
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | XX AB XB XB XC XC DE DE XD AB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 11001 011110 111 100100 11111 111001 011001 110111 01011 11001 11011 111010 101101 010010 11111 0111110 001011 0011010 111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 489 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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