Analysis of Habea Corpus
A-light the funeral pyre
Ignite a visceral flame
Unbound the cleansing torrent
Give your vengeance aim
Signal to the heavens
The crucible is set
Pay the price of fidelity
Distance all regret
Stir the shadows to violence
Tell the stars that they
Will envy you, as they do
The bright and glorious day
Yet you are on the footfall
Behind when you should lead
Grasping to the emptiness
That aligns itself with greed
Who can be your lighthouse
If your eyes are closed
Can you claim the resurrection
Lost inside the cold
Of the gutless falls that end
Only when you break
Enjoin your Destiny then
And shatter it with fate.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XXXX XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01010010 0101001 0101010 11101 101010 010011 10110100 10101 1011100 10111 1101111 0101001 111101 011111 1010100 1010111 11111 11111 1110010 10101 1010111 10111 0111001 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 614 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on September 30, 2013
Modified on March 27, 2023
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