Analysis of Along the Battle
How a quiver of arrows
Had the purpose
To pierce my heart.
Bitter indeed
Are the arrows of strife.
How passion tasted
Is a foul tart,
It tastes rotten,
And tears apart.
How the marksman
Is the Devil,
Don't let him bring you down
To his level.
Nothing worth while
That he would adore,
Don't be like him
I implore.
How fighting the Devil
Is a battle
At our core.
He will throw everything at us,
even a whore.
How the wind chime
Dings once
And there is no time.
We see a losing battle
While heaven and hell
Is above and below,
Whether or not
We are on the wrong side
For the battle
Of our soul.
How sacrifice
Is not the fruit
Of the wicked,
But of the chariots of righteousness
And the glory of God's convicted.
How Jesus
Is the light
Who's rays reflect
The arrows of darkness
Deep in our hearts.
He saves us
From falling into hell
So we can fight back
After we've fell.
How in the end
Jesus makes a stand.
We fight alongside our King
With faith,
It's our fate
Before it's too late.
See how the armor
Of darkness
Binds us and blinds us,
Bitter indeed is a fallen state.
Scheme | XABXX CBDB DEXEXFXF EEFAF GXGEHXXXEX XXCAC AXXAXAHXH XXXXIIXAAI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010110 1010 1111 1001 101011 11010 1011 1110 0101 1010 1010 111111 1110 1011 11101 1111 101 110010 1010 1101 1111011 1001 1011 11 01111 1101010 11001 101001 1011 111011 1010 1101 110 1101 1010 1101001100 001011010 110 101 1101 010110 10101 111 110011 11111 1011 1001 10101 11011101 11 1101 01111 11010 110 11011 100110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,011 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 8, 5, 10, 5, 9, 10 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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From I AM A MAN AS I SHOULD BE: POEM BOOK 1, on Amazon
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