Analysis of who is going to save you from yourself
You foolish boy!
What have you done!
Come son, come!
Cast out yourself,
‘cause it’s the demon
that’s going to ruin you.
Child, get that big black bible;
the King James Version is better
‘cause it’s written in the old tongue.
Read boy, read!
Read a Psalm,
and ask God to help you.
Spill your guts to God boy;
don’t bottle in the devil.
Those demonic lies,
that come from your lips,
cause heavens to close their eyes.
You cause me so much pain boy,
even at your birth.
Come on, read!
Maybe someone curse that very day
I brought you to this earth.
Read yourself a new life.
Ask the father for new hands,
so you won’t steal again.
Ask him for a heart and a new brain,
so you won’t remember.
Pray son!
Pray, according to God’s will.
Let that foul spirit go.
Ask God for amnesty
for the innocence you kill.
Scheme | ABXXBC DEXFXC ADGXG AHFXH XXXXE BIXXI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1111 111 1101 11010 1101101 1111110 01110110 11100011 111 101 011111 111111 1100010 10101 11111 1101111 1111111 10111 111 10111101 111111 101011 1010111 111101 111010011 111010 11 1010111 111101 111100 1010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 790 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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