Analysis of Life Or Death
Does your good
outweigh the bad
Is the balance
happy or sad
Is your intention
right or wrong
Does your prayer
turn into song
Does the blame
weigh down your heart
Can your light
outshine the dark
Can the joy
exceed the pain
Does one word
your soul reclaim
Will His grace
forgive your sins
Will new life or death
—begin
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB CX XX XX XC XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 101 1010 1011 11010 111 111 1011 101 1111 111 101 101 0101 111 1101 111 0111 11111 01 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 363 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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