Analysis of Thou Shall Not Coven
Thou shall not coven, my coverings
Unless I relinquish to life itself
My quill quivers in my hand
My body weak but never broken
I know my mind and sense my notion
Hearts are lonely vessels upon the tidal blue
Hue the daylight caress the sun
Confounded by thoughts, conclude my one
My eyes grow weak to tired to speak
Yet empathy shows in my gentle stare
The splinted tears for heaven thrice
Bring the seeds that give us life
As wind swept tears fall at my feet
For I am humble and yet so meek
One heart in love by light I shed
Few who know me touch my heart
And yet I feel when they depart
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101100 0110101101 111011 110111010 111101110 111010010101 1010101 010110111 111111011 1100101101 0111101 1011111 11111111 111100111 11011111 1111111 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 470 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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