Analysis of SHELTERED BY THE CROSS
My God, I kneel before thee, to confess thy brethren’s sins,
Those who took thy bless-ed oath and sung thy bless-ed hymns.
Those you house in palaces, with walls that drip in gold,
Protected from the laws of man, until they’re weak and old.
Those, my God you trusted, to celebrate your name,
Who used your cross to desecrate, and soaked your church in shame.
Those, who use your holy robes, to sow the seeds of trust,
Who hunt in packs with bibles, to feed their spiteful lust.
Those sheltered by thy bishops, who watched with blinded eyes,
As they groped our precious children, as they peddled blatant lies.
Those who touched the innocent, within the haven of your church,
While society and politicians, just sat pretty on their perch.
Those who preach your scriptures, and fake their righteousness,
As they mock the laws of decency, concealed within your diocese.
Vatican shelters the culprits, the criminals walk away,
Their victims have no remedy; they simply have no say.
True justice seems abandoned, as your congregation grieves,
As they pray for retribution, amongst your den of thieves.
The truth is sadly buried, with dead priests your church maintained,
Your tabernacle ransacked, and your crest forever stained.
My God, I kneel before thee, to confess thy brethren’s sins,
Those who took thy bless-ed oath and sung thy bless-ed hymns.
Those you house in palaces, with walls that drip in gold,
Protected from the laws of man, until they’re weak and old.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011101111 1111111011111 1110100111101 01010111011101 11111011011 11111001011101 1111101110111 1101110111101 1101110111101 1111010101110101 111010001010111 1010000101110111 111110011100 1110111000101110 100100100100101 11011100110111 1101010110101 1111010011111 01110101111101 110010110101 1111011101111 1111111011111 1110100111101 01010111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,475 |
Words | 272 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 249 |
About this poem
Poem I wrote after being disillusioned by the misbehaviours of priests. Those who preyed on the innocent, destroying trust in the church.
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