Analysis of Bartering For Souls
The Lord took away my breath
So no one could hear what had to be said
Beating my deserving back
I draw blood to reconcile my hatred
He will make me all so devoted
I will clean His feet so he can walk over me
Learning that I am not deserving
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110111 1111111111 1010101 111110110 111111010 111111111101 101111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 234 |
Words | 51 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on September 27, 2013
Modified on April 14, 2023
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