Analysis of Unbetrothed
Religion and science…
never to wed
Like oil and water,
alone in their beds
While science defends,
ancient dogma portends
Two voices discordant,
to break if they bend
For centuries long
they have fought tooth and nail
Refusing to budge
out of fear that entails
A false understanding,
bells call from within
Where marriage awaits
—espoused unto Him
(The Book Of Prayers: November, 2020)
| Scheme | XX AX BB XX XX XX XX XX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010010 1011 11010 01011 11001 101001 110010 11111 11001 111101 01011 111101 01010 11101 11001 01101 0111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 372 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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