Analysis of To Righteousness
I sit in church-I soak it up
The grandeur and the stuff
In those happy hours
I'm caught up in it's power
In those friendly walls
I come, again for more
But after the pomp, the hugs, goodbyes
I've got to live outside
There is where it counts
Where the crowds won't give the nod
Affirm that I love God
There-Gods calling me
Saying that, as his
Out here is where I live
Sure, I want to be his maid
But, I want accolades
Again, I hear the call
He says he wants my all
And corners me to say
Its Him or accolades
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJJKLMNOPPQO |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11011111 001001 011010 1110110 01101 110111 11001011 111111 11111 1011101 011111 11101 10111 111111 1111111 11110 011101 111111 010111 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 487 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 390 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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