Analysis of To Church and Back



This poem is not mine
for I was not true to myself
while writing it
regarding the title

I am not Christian
and cannot hide it.....

and it just so happens
that this turned out to be a poem
in thy mind
and thy soul


Scheme XXAX XA XXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Etheree  (50%)
Metre 110111 1111111 1101 010010 11110 01011 011110 111111010 011 011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 203
Words 45
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on October 04, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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