Analysis of The silence of love

Royston 1946 (Reading)



Before the Sanhedrin, He spoke no word,
and from His mouth no sound was to be heard.
Silent as a mute not a word was said,
as to the cruel cross Jesus was led.

His lips were hushed and from them came no sound,
although in His defence nothing was found.
As a lamb before the slaughter is dumb,
so from His lips not a word was to come.

Ten thousand angels waited for one word,
but He did not speak and nothing was heard.
For only by silence and submission,
was He to complete salvation’s mission.

Wordlessly before the rabble He stood
and from His lips only quietness was heard.
This silence, mightier than any word
sounded as loud as if it had thundered.

Those gathered there did not understand why,
He kept so silent and did not reply.
Then, on the cross His silence was broken.
'Father, forgive them.' were the words spoken.


Scheme AABB CCDD AAEE XAAA FFEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 010101111 0111111111 1010110111 1101011011 1101011111 101011011 1010101011 1111101111 1101010111 1111101011 1101100010 11101110 10101011 01111010011 1101001101 1011111110 110111011 1111001101 1101110110 1001100110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 827
Words 156
Sentences 12
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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