Analysis of God's Green Earth



What on the earth is fraternity
from time of birth
to eternity?

Scum of the earth is impurity
that degrades worth
for futurity.

Nothing on earth like inanity
to create mirth
or insanity.

Bowels of the earth are seats of pity
of broadest girth
in a dark city.

On God's green earth of sufficiency
there is no dearth
or deficiency.


Scheme ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 110110100 1111 10100 110110100 1011 11 101111 1011 10100 1010111110 1101 00110 111110100 1111 10100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 314
Words 60
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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