Analysis of Calvary. What the One Thief Saw
It has come to this.In a way, I'm glad.
The dank, dark daysIn the cell.
My partner's constant rehearsal of our Foul-ups.
The robbery gone bad in the uprising.
So quickly to the street.
Wooden beam thrust
On our backs.
Rome's disgust shown,
Block by block,
Curses and floggings.
Onlookers puzzled.
Faces without mercy.
Out of town,
The hill beneath
Glowering skies.
The "skull place"
Where justice leers.
The drop, the stretch,
The pounded nails,
The screaming shock.
Crucified!
...Passing time
Stupefies.
Another is with us,
Quiet wretch.
With a following,
No less.
(No women wept for us.
No rabbis scurrying.)
Who can he be?
He shares the pain,
The taunts, the shame.
His face is peace,
His battered frame
Puts up no fight.
What's that? His name
Is Jesus.
Princely sort.
I'm drawn to Him!
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Metre | 111110111 011101 1101001011011 01001100010 110101 1011 1101 1011 111 1001 1010 100110 111 0101 1001 011 1101 0101 0101 0101 10 101 1 010111 101 10100 11 110111 11100 1111 1101 0101 1111 1101 1111 1111 110 101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 790 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 27 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 39 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 602 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 136 |
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Written on May 14, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 14, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on May 14, 2023
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