Secret Thoughts and An Open Countenance.

[MANICHAEAN]

If I thrived on diminutives,
Yet embraced theophanies,
For the sake of antithesis,
Forsaking assonances.

Would alliterations sublime,
Encompassed in time,
Sejunct bold neologisms?
In order for tropes,
To cakewalk with the Pope?

[tailor STATELY]

Let's see if I can parse this posey...

If I thrived/subsisted on small words
Yet embraced the visible manifestation of God
For the sake of opposition
Forsaking in the repetition of the sound of a vowel
or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near
enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty (chants?)
as to inspire great admiration or awe

Would the occurrence of beautifully crafted rote prayers
Surround and have/hold within time
Separating bold newly coined words/expressions (novel expressions)
In order for figurative/metaphorical uses of said words or expressions
To curry favor with the Pope

My first approximation... will give it more thought.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor