Analysis of Deep silences like thunderbolts were hurled
Deep silences like thunderbolts were hurled
through the noiseless deafness of my quiet world.
External sounds my ears could not take in.
so these sounds were generated from within
From the world around no sound could be heard,
no clashing of drums or song of a bird.
My eyes could see your lips talking to me
but what you said remained a mystery.
Cut off from the noisy world all around
and from its vast cacophony of sound.
I could not hear dogs bark, or babies cry,
the rustling wind or the river rippling by.
Then there down by the Sea of Galilee
they begged Jesus to lay His hands on me.
I was deaf and dumb and could hardly talk
but Jesus took me aside for a walk.
He reached out touching my tongue and my ear
cried out "Ephphatha" and then I could hear.
My tongue was loosened and I could now speak
and was no longer an outcast and freak.
Overwhelmed and amazed at everything
I heard all the people His praises sing.
For although Jesus told them not to tell
they told everyone He'd done all things well.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF DDGG HHII JJKK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11001101 1011011101 0101111110 1110100101 1010111111 1101111101 1111111011 1111010100 1110101101 0111010011 1111111101 010110101001 111101110 1110111111 1110101101 1101101101 1111011011 11101111 1111001111 011101101 01001110 1110101101 111011111 111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,019 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
*("Ephphatha! " means "Be opened! ") - Written after reading Mark 7: 31-37
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