Analysis of Jesus



I need you all to picture this,
in the garden something went amiss.
By His friend, He was betrayed,
His timely death, was not delayed.
On the cross the nails pierced His skin,
this was not because of His sin.
They placed a sign over His head,
'King of the Jews' was what it read.
From noon till three darkness fell over the land,
the blood dripping to the ground from His hand.
"Why forsake me?" He cried out,
His mind cleared of all doubt.
He knew this was all for you and me,
His death meant, we would be set free.
He took His last breath, giving up His spirit,
the last words at death, no one could hear it.
This was because of all the mocking and yelling,
people, listen to this true story I am telling!
The curtain in the temple was torn,
the day victory over death was born.
The ground began to tremble and shake,
the dead in tombs started to wake.
Some people knew then He was no fraud,
the centurion said, "Surely He was the Son of God."
Wrapping Him in linen cloth, they put Him in a tomb,
rolling in front a rock, blocking entry to the room.
It was on the third day,
they noticed the rock rolled away.
The angel said, "There is nothing to fear,
the body you look for is not here.
Really though, I wouldn't bother,
He is at the right hand of His Father."
We are told to go and spread this story,
only to give God all of the glory.
I am talking about my brother, Jesus,
it was his sacrifice that freed us.
I know this story sounds wild,
but now, I am God's child!


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHIJJKKLLMNOOPPQRSSGGTTUU
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 001010101 1111101 11011101 10101111 11101111 11011011 11011111 11111011001 0110101111 1011111 111111 111111101 11111111 11111101110 0111111111 110111010010 1010111101110 010001011 0110010111 010111001 01011011 110111111 00100110110111 1010101111001 1001011010101 111011 11001101 0101111011 010111111 10111010 1110111110 1111101110 1011111010 11100111010 11110111 1111011 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,509
Words 331
Sentences 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 38
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 1,119
Words per stanza (avg) 291

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Grace

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Written on March 01, 2011

Submitted by troyhoustonallen on April 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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