Analysis of Charity Came Too Late
On the cold stone steps of the church was where I found him
Strapped to his soul with only his faith to shield him
I searched the depth of his eyes and found my own courage
We both wept
For we know that the dreams he dared to dream were swiftly stolen away
Like a flash of lightning on a dark and stormy night
I left him as I found him
A broken man
| Scheme | AAX X XX A X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011110111111 111111011111 1101111011110 111 11110111110101001 1011101010101 1111111 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 352 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 2, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Written on March 09, 2013
Submitted by PurrlySchells on January 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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