Analysis of The Tale of Job
He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Matthew 5:46
This is the tale of Job, an upright man was he.
Upright in heart, and obedient as could be.
Never did Job sin against the Sovereign Lord.
He followed all God’s ways, in one mind and accord.
One day came Satan, seeking whom he may devour.
This was the test of Job; this was his hour.
Satan had mocked God, remove Your hedge from Job’s place.
When he loses his children, servants, and livestock, he will curse You to Your face.
His children, servants, and livestock all gone away.
Job covered his self in ash, and this is what he had to say.
“ The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord,” were the words Job did say.
Satan had mocked the Lord, yet once again.
Let me plague Job’s body, and then he will sin
The devil had plagued Job’s body with boils; Job scrapped them away.
And then as Job’s friends accused him, he began to curse his day.
His wife even told him, “Job just curse God and die.”
“Oh, you foolish woman,” Job began to cry.
In the end Job was found innocent, and God blessed him double for his trouble.
Oh Job sure did, burst Satan’s bubble.
Scheme | X AA BB CC DD EE E XX EE FF GG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111010001011101000110 110111101111 010100100111 10111010101 110111011001 1111010111010 11011111110 101110111111 111011010011111111 11010011101 110110101111111 011000110011101101001111 1011011101 11111001111 010111101111101 011110111011111 111011111101 11101010111 0011111000111101110 11111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,238 |
Words | 262 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Inspired from the Book of Job
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