Analysis of Baptism
A caterpillar is he who stumbles
Into that sanctuary
To be molded and mended while reason sleeps
And awake to find himself different, quite different
Than when he entered
Beauty now supercedes his previous countenance
For he is a creature of divine spirit now
Transformed by holy glory
Saved and repented of his ugly past
Angel's wings he bears
To flutter here to there
Among the heavenly flowers
Of his new inhabitance
Only to be snatched up
And eaten by an abominable frog
| Scheme | ABXXX XXBX XXXAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010011110 011100 11100101101 00111011001100 11110 10111100100 111010101101 0111010 1001011101 1111 110111 01010010 1111 101111 01011010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 460 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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