Analysis of "My God"
Why does your religion
have to disfavor mine
To speak to its converts
and prattle Divine
Foundations this slanted
are poised for a fall
Appeasing their zealots
who follow and maul
More killed by religion
in His holy name
Than famine and pestilence
ever can claim
The tenets left foreign
to God’s true intent
Epiphanies barren
—all grace to relent
(Villanova University: December, 2021)
| Scheme | ABXB XCXC ADXD AEAE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 110101 111110 01001 010110 11101 010110 11001 111010 01101 1100100 1011 010110 11101 110 11101 0100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 394 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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