Analysis of It is better to obey than not.
God says one man and one wife.
It is better to obey the will of God than not.
Missing birthdays, and the birth of the child.
Leaving the woman alone for whatever reason...
Is wrong.
It is better to forgive...than to condemn.
| Scheme | XXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011 1110101011111 101001101 100100111010 11 111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 220 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on July 10, 2018
Modified on March 14, 2023
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