Analysis of Tall preacher dressed in black
There is no death, there is only sleep.
Shouted the preacher, he was a tall man
with a white beard that hung below his waist
He was dressed in black and standing.
On the buckboard of his wagon
in the dark of night, what little light
There was came from a kerosene lamp.
Hanging on the branch of an olive tree
a sign of peace above the preachers head
that lite up his face and white collar
As he stood there preaching the word.
All the towns people gathered around.
Lending an ear and singing praises to the Lord
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111101 1001011011 1011110111 11101010 1011110 001111101 11110101 1010111101 0111010101 111110110 11111001 101101001 101101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Traveling preacher
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