Analysis of Hypocrite
He often ponders death
it is the one thing that scares him
yet it is the one thing certain in his life
fear is his necessity for survival
to be wary of his surroundings
making him weary throughout the days
sleepless throughout the nights
when it rains he thinks of funerals
soggy soil and black umbrellas
heaven's tears sheilded by mourning
he judges that if it rains at his funeral
everyone should stay home
he would rather be alone
immersing, standing in the rain
but he does not like to stand at funerals
it is the aversion of the unknown
so how could he claim himself spiritual?
faithful in his wayward deeds before God
he has feared God a thousand times over
he has feared the world a thousand times more
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJDKLMHLDNOP |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 110101 11011111 11101110011 11101001010 111011010 101100101 100101 111111100 10101010 1011110 110111111100 10111 1110101 110001 11111111100 1100101001 11111011000 1001101011 1111010110 1110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 690 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 576 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
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Submitted on October 07, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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