Analysis of Battle Of Conscience.
The devil and angel on my shoulder
They both bring me good and bad news
The angel sighs as the devil gets colder
I don't know who the hell to choose
The fight gets bigger as I get older
A constant battle that I'm destined to lose
| Scheme | ABABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain Sicilian Sestet |
| Metre | 0100101110 11111011 01011010110 11110111 0111011110 01010111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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