Analysis of To Pray To God Was Of Paramount Importance
To write good things was of paramount importance; what you wrote the literature with; what hand you used; was utterly inconsequential,
To admire magnificent beauty was of paramount importance; which eye you admired it with; the aperture you kept while profoundly appreciating it; was utterly inconsequential,
To smell the ravishing rose was of paramount importance; how you sniffed it; which nostril did you use; was utterly inconsequential,
To swim in the voluptuous ocean was of paramount importance; which hand and foot you used to splash about in the poignantly tangy waves; was utterly inconsequential,
To eat appetizing morsels of food was of paramount importance; what side of the mouth did you use to finely pulverize the tantalizing chunks; was utterly inconsequential,
To trample the venomously heinous scorpion was of paramount importance; whether you used your right foot or left foot to indiscriminately squelch the irate monster; was utterly inconsequential,
To sleep blissfully in the star studded night was of paramount importance; whether you slept directly beneath the opalescent moon or whether you slept in your enviously cozy dwelling; was utterly inconsequential,
To reach the pinnacle of the impregnable mountain was of paramount importance; whether you clambered up with boots or conquered it barefoot; was utterly
inconsequential,
To make the mercilessly orphaned child laugh was of paramount importance; whether you made him smile by indigenously poking out your tongue or whether you
achieved the same by singing ingratiating rhymes; was utterly inconsequential,
To expurgate the disdainfully inflated bowels in the morning was of paramount importance; whether you did that hiding behind the conglomerate of foliated trees
or whether you evacuated the dirt sitting on the plush lavatory seat; was utterly inconsequential,
To remember the person you adored was of paramount importance; whether you did that writing eloquently long letters or whether you managed to accomplish the
same by chanting her name incessantly in your mind; was utterly inconsequential,
To wash your body scrupulously everyday was of paramount importance; whether you did that standing under the contemporary Jacuzzi of the five star hotel;
or whether you scrubbed your skin under the rustic waterfall cascading down the mountain; was utterly inconsequential,
To construct a fortified place to live was of paramount importance; whether you erected the dwelling dressed in immaculate shirt and stringently pressed tie; or whether you slapped granules of raw cement on the wall bare chested; was utterly inconsequential,
To assassinate the hideous man eater shark was of paramount importance; whether you did that by adulterating its mammoth slices of meat; or whether you permeated its satanically thick skin with a battalion of grey bullets; was utterly inconsequential,
To emulate philanthropic ideals of your ancestors was of paramount importance; whether you imbibed them by reading through exorbitantly costly textbooks; or
whether you got apprised of the same through experiences in real life; was utterly inconsequential,
To respect your mother was of paramount importance; whether you incessantly knelt down on her feet; or whether you hardly saw her when you were overseas and
cherished her in your every prayer; was utterly inconsequential,
To convey the most sagaciously prudent message to the world was of paramount importance; whether you divulged the same screaming hysterically at the top of your voice; or whether you were able to disseminate the same in mollified whispers; was utterly inconsequential,
To drink salubrious water boundless times in a day was of paramount importance; whether you sipped it delectably from the amicable champagne glass; or whether you gulped it ferociously from the lap of the turbulently gushing country river; was utterly
inconsequential,
And to pray to God was of paramount importance; whether you folded hands and seeked solace; or whether you clasped your palms openly towards the heavens for
forgiveness; or whether you maneuvered them dexterously across your chest in the form of a sacrosanct cross; was utterly inconsequential.
Scheme | a a a a a a a bA xa xa xaxa a a ca xa a bA ca |
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Metre | 11111110010111010001111111000010 10101001011100101110101101001110100100111000010 11010011110010111111011111000010 110001001011100101101111101001001111000010 111001011111001011101111110100100111000010 11001101001110010101111111110100010011011000010 11100001101111001010110100101111011011000101011000010 11010010010010111001010110111110111100 0010 110100010111110010101111101000101111101 01011100100111000010 1101010100010111001010111100100100111 110101000110101100111000010 101001010111100101011110100011011011010100 111001010001111000010 111101000101111001010111101000100010101101 11011111001010010101011000010 101010111111001010101001010010010100111101110110110111011000010 1010010011011110010101111111010111101100111110010111011000010 1100100111101110010101011110111011 10110110110100001111000010 1011101110010101010011101110110101101010 10001100111000010 1010111010101111001010101011010010111111010101010010101011000010 11110101001111001010111110100001111011101001011011010101100 0010 01111111001010110101101101111100010101 010110101011011100110100111000010 |
Characters | 4,177 |
Words | 640 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 124 |
Words per line (avg) | 23 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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