Analysis of Sign over a Church.



I drove by this little unassuming building.
Nothing really suggested that it was a church,
but it had an orderly, colourful spring garden
in the front, a rude cross in the middle of it
and a sign over the door which read as follows:
Assembly of the Banquet Guests,
Holding Nothing in Their Hands,
and Desperate for the Generous Host
To Arrive That They Might Kiss His Pierced Feet,
and Feast and Act Upon His Every Word
Sounds like a good place.
No presumptuous labels such as Glory,
Victorious, World-Wide,
Full Gospel,
Shekinah or Soaring.
Perhaps too they have caught the message that the Host has sent out the invitation to both good and bad
(Matthew 22:8-10).
They need only come, give thanks and hear.
He will accomplish the rest.
And He does.

Interestingly enough, the sign had thirty-three words. Significant number.


Scheme AXXXXXXXXXXXXXAXXXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11111001010 101001011101 11111001110 001011001011 001100111110 01010101 1010011 010101001 1011111111 01010111001 11011 10100101110 010011 110 1110 011111010101111001011101 10 111011101 1101001 011 1000010111011010010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 843
Words 164
Sentences 9
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 20, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 328
Words per stanza (avg) 71
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Written on January 10, 2023

Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 10, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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