Analysis of To Whom You Pray
I reject all your religion,
in favor of myself
Those spewing virtues dogma,
often kill, with little felt
I reject your revelation,
with the truth inside my heart
I surrender your salvation,
from your guilt I live apart
I challenge your commitment,
when the road gets hard and long
The good intentions you submit,
Hell’s words without a song
I reject all faith in platitudes,
and your threats—both veiled and not
I refuse to live in servitude,
and tied to what we’re not
I will reach inside the goodness,
born to each and every man
I will choose to see the wonder,
of those souls who say “I can”
And as I look beyond tomorrow,
to that place we call today
I will live in thanks for who I am,
—and not to whom you pray
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
Scheme | AX XX AB AB XC XC XD XD XE FE XG XG F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010 01011 1101010 1011101 1011010 1010111 10101010 1111101 1101010 1011101 01010101 110101 10111010 0111101 10111010 011101 11101010 11101001 11111010 1111111 01110101 1111101 111011111 011111 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 765 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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