Analysis of Seven Deadly Sins
If you have a craving and restraint is caving,
this is lust, the first deadly sin.
If you have a divot and you're in a swivet,
this is anger, the second deadly sin.
If you have rivalry and there is jealousy,
this is envy, the third deadly sin.
If you have a hunger and you're a food-monger,
this is gluttony, the fourth deadly sin.
If you have a torpor and working you abhor,
this is sloth, the fifth deadly sin.
If you have a vaunting and attainments flaunting,
this is pride, the sixth deadly sin.
If you have avarice and a rapaciousness,
this is greed, the seventh deadly sin.
If you have a medley and these things are deadly,
this is gross, the sum of all the sin.
Scheme | AB XB CB XB XB AB CB CB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010001110 11101101 1110101001 1110010101 111100011100 111001101 111010010110 1110001101 111010010101 11101101 111010110 11101101 111100001 111010101 111010011110 111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 653 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 15, 2023
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