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
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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