Analysis of Abraham take now thy Son…
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
“My Lord God, is that you,
This strange thing must I do;In taking my dear son unto Moriah,
To have him harshly boundAnd flung upon the ground,
A sacrifice consumed with holy fire?”
“Yes friend, that was my voice.I’m giving you the choiceTo render all according to my will.
The child you had from me,And now I plan to see if you intend to trust my wisdom still.”
We know the glad outcome,
Young Isaac rescued from
His father’s hand poised high with gleaming blade.
An angel halts the knife:
“Take not the young lad’s life.
Your precious faith in God has been displayed.”
And do we all not yearn
In each our ways to earn
The thrilling blessing of the Lord’s “well done”?
Who knows what test will try
Our mettle bye and bye,
In giving up a treasure, dream or son?
For no delight on earth
May jeopardize the worth
Of growing in the Lord’s love, hour by hour.
Perhaps He may require
That loved thing for the fire,
To give it back in resurrection power.
Scheme | XAXA BB CCDEEDFFGAXGHHAAAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 11111110111101 11110110101 0100111010 11111110101101010111 011111111111101111101 11011 110101 1101111101 110101 110111 1101011101 011111 0110111 0101010111 111111 1010101 0101010111 110111 11001 110001110110 011110 1111010 1111001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 975 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 18 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 244 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Written on October 21, 2013
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 15, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 24, 2023
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