Analysis of The Cloak Of Forgiveness
With death on the floor,
he tried to hang up his salvation
But the coat hook to eternity
was full
The closet door to redemption,
now locked from the inside
The cloak of forgiveness,
—for someone else to wear
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XX AX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 111111010 101110100 11 01011010 111001 011010 11111 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 249 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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