Analysis of "I Baptize Thee..."
Am I so entitled,
is it there in my name
Is the water redemptive,
my salvation proclaimed
Does the Rock Of All Ages
line my river with stone
Are the words mine by birthright,
not borrowed or loaned
Is all time but a servant,
flowing inward to send
A beginning eternal,
whilst slaying the end
Is my legacy written
in the current redeemed
As the present rechristens
—my baptismal name freed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)
Scheme | XX XX AX XX XB XB XX AX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010 111011 1010010 101001 1011110 111011 101111 1111 1111010 101011 0010010 11001 1110010 001001 10101 101011 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 427 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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