Analysis of Broken and poured out
Royston 1946 (Reading)
The flask had been broken, and the perfume poured
it was a great token, of love for her Lord.
Nothing had been spoken, but so much was said,
by her words unspoken, and the tears that she shed.
His body was broken, and His blood outpoured.
The greatest love token, from Jesus our Lord.
Merciful words spoken, ’Forgive them,’ He said.
as there so heartbroken, His life's blood He shed.
| Scheme | AABB AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01111000011 11011011101 10111011111 101010001111 1101100111 010110110101 10011001111 1111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 396 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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