Analysis of He Alone is Without Blemish
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Holding on to the opposites.
Body merging with the Spirit.
That is the hope for humankind.
Ever seeking after wholeness.
There came one modeling perfection.
The Sacrificial Lamb of God.
Fully as man and fully God.
He alone is without blemish.
Still we are made in his image.
In his likeness we are all made.
Made of flesh and yet of spirit.
The two forms struggling to be one.
First there is the fruit of the Spirit.
Then there is lust of ‘the spirit.’
The one battling with the other.
The body and soul divided.
We are a divided people.
Thus, we are all fallen from grace.
Body, soul, and mind divided.
Striving to accomplish healing.
Unity should thus be our goal.
Holding on to the opposites.
For perfection is too remote.
Since mankind is full of blemish.
One died for us as sacrifice.
He alone is without blemish.
As a model of perfection.
He’s ‘The Way’ for man’s salvation.
| Scheme | Abxx cddE xxbc bbxf xxfx xAxe xEcc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110100 10101010 1101110 10101010 111100010 0010111 10110101 10110110 11110110 01101111 11101110 011100111 111011010 11111010 011001010 01001010 11001010 11111011 10101010 10101010 100111101 10110100 10101101 11111110 1111110 10110110 10101010 10111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 902 |
| Words | 193 |
| Sentences | 28 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Our Lord Jesus, as Christ and Savior was, by trade, profession or vocation a tekton, the Ancient Greek noun employed as a common term for an artisan, craftsman or mason; in particular a carpenter, woodworker or builder. In his earthly ministry of three years Jesus served humanity literally and metaphorically as a chiseler or molder of human morality, serving as a craftsman of human ethics. Observing the role of art and of the artisan in human cultures, societies and civilizations, Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), states it this way: “Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purposes through him” (Carl Jung, CW 15, par. 157, “Modern Man in Search of a Soul” published in Psychology Press, 2001. As artisan and craftsman, Jesus himself did not seek his own ends in his earthly ministry, but obeyed the will of his Heavenly Father, declaring on the cross, “not my will, but thine be done.” This seven-stanza poem portrays the divinity of Jesus as the LOGOS, the artisan without blemish, uniting the opposites in humanity and serving as a model for mankind to look up to and, with humidity, to follow. more »
Written on July 16, 2023
Submitted by karlcfolkes on July 16, 2023
Modified by karlcfolkes on August 21, 2023
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