Analysis of Covenant of the Ark
Covenant of the Ark
She will rise above moon and stars where humankind could only dream.
Hideousness so evil that torments men's minds in nightmarish screams.
Crows fall from the skies, In front of our eyes, as demons hide in the dark.
The wolves howl, the ground shakes as our soul's quake, in search of the Ark.
The Ark of the Covenant forever lost in time will reveal the truth to humankind.
As a fleet of a thousand ships sail the ominous seas in search to find.
On the waking waters, pitched in waves, sown by the seeds of death,
From the bowels of men, to the passageways of a beating heart's breath.
Standing on a brown stoned arched bridge, overlooking a running brook surrounded in green,
A lushness of grass and flowering beauty suited only for the heavenly eyes of a queen.
I willingly give my heart and pledge my life in the service of her royal majesty,
In the crossing of the sea, to strange lands I shall find the Ark for thee.
In the demon's trap, I fear we all might die this night in a wake feeding from the dead.
Confronting boding evil could not endure as demons spew out from mouths yet fed.
From the holy cross upon my shield to the Covenant of the Ark, I see her demise.
For the demon she is and the knight I am, I swear she shall tell know more lies.
I crossed the threshold of the mist with six brave men with swords forged in steel.
In the twilight world of the living and the dead, gives way to the surreal.
We ventured into the caverns of the darkest hell, in search of the Ark
As the she demon, took the souls of my six men, all in quiet of dark.
Now, I fear I have failed as I am destined to remain in this cavern jail.
To vanquish the she demon and find the ark, I did try to no avail.
Upon the brown arched bridge the queen will be.
Where I hope she will think fondly of me.
Scheme | AXXAA BBCC DDEE FFGG HHAA IIEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101 111011011101101 111011110101 111010111011101001 0110111101101101 011010001010110101110 101101011010010111 101010101110111 101011101101011 10101111100010101001 01110100101010101001101 1100111011100101010100 00101011111110111 00111111111100110101 0101101101110111111 1010101111010010111001 1010110011111111111 1101101111111101 00111010001111001 110010101010101101 101101011111101011 1111111111010101101 110011001011111101 0101110111 1111111011 |
Characters | 1,782 |
Words | 353 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 56 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 235 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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