Analysis of Sacrificial Hymn



I sold my soul
  for new meter and rhyme

Trading salvation,
  for a thing greater still

The joyous embrace
  of one hell damning phrase

Now immortal, perpetual,
—fulfilled

I sold my soul
  as the Devil laughed

Knowing not, my final words
  were for him

Exposing his lie,
  and his legions of hate

With my last breath,
—a sacrificial hymn

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)


Scheme Ax xx xx xx Ax xb xx xb x
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 111001 10010 101101 01001 111101 10100100 01 1111 10101 1011101 011 01011 011011 1111 00101 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 376
Words 63
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 10, 2016

Modified on March 10, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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