Analysis of Valley below
I've been told there's a land of designer fire
That's been designed to keep you in line
You'll end up there if you live by desire and choose not to expand your mind
Welcome to the land planned before time
The souls they just keep pouring in
Looks like you may have to stand in line
We rate your worth here by the weight your sins
In the valley below
There's only one way to save
Only you could have if you tried
If you repent before your life is through
Or else enjoy the ride to the valley below
You were living by desire
Just pleasing yourself
Now you’re bathing in the fire
The heats treating you well
In the valley below
My mind became twisted when the preacher insisted
That we all get a second try, we can be forgiven
For the way we've been living we can be save ourselves before we die
Now I’m not kidding, it’s written in the book, many a sinner has taken a look; at the verse that’s listed your curse can be lifted
By watching a Sunday show then you won’t have to go,
To the valley below
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101101010 110111101 1111111101001110111 101011011 01111100 111111101 1111110111 001001 1101111 10111111 1101011111 110101101001 10101010 11001 11100010 011011 001001 1101101010010 11110101111010 101111011110010111 111101100011001011001101110111110 110011111111 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,010 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 4, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Written on December 21, 2018
Submitted by tribeone_b on January 04, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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