Analysis of Angels Play
It is said that the angels of God separate the wicked from the just
The wicked in the furnace of fire where gnashing teeth meets the dust
All good is placed in vessels to save, but the bad is carry away
I am told prayer is placed in the oil for lamps that count on this day
So pray your sins away, and those of the ones you love to lay
On Life Everlasting to come with the joy in laughter of love
Found in family in all our favorite likes in your Fathers glove
That holds the treasures new and old to now take away
The Kingdom of Heaven to come on earth, many to stay
Our hearts desire in parables that are still yet to play
So I ask you to lay down a good prayer, this a must
That you pass on all you want and think on, that's lust
Each day you live is a blessing to make another day
Hope yet to raise from the dead, heaven on the way
We are guilty of forgetting this, by our desire to play
(Matthew 13:49-54)
Scheme | AABBBCCBBB AABBBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101110010101 01000101101101101 11110101110111001 1111110011111111 111101011011111 110101110101011 101000110100101101 1101010111101 01011011111011 1010100100111111 1111111011101 111111101111 11111010110101 111110110101 11101010111001011 10 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 905 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 6 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 356 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on February 08, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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