Analysis of Pilgrims’ Relay for the Race, human race.

Doug Blair 1951 (London)



Thanks for the flag, saints.
You ran once with Him.
Touched His clothes.
Placed hands of camaraderie
Upon those shoulders.
Saw the lame walk,The outcast relieved,
The fretful calmed,
The dead raised,
The deaf ears opened.
To His message of love
And of Father's
Constant reaching.
Of the prize in
Absorbing the blow;
Going two miles;
Listening with grace;
Facing the grave.
Proclaiming at hand-off,
'Him, Risen Indeed!'
To other keen runners,
In different times,
In different struggles,
In different climes.
But all with
The Spirit and
Joy reinforced,
To herald the message
And finish their course.
The flag still clean.
And true to its purpose.
No never gone stale,
Nor broken, nor bested,
Nor picayune, nor pale.
Maintaining rich colour,
Its drapery white,
And crimson its message,
'Begone dreadful night
Of death and despairing.
Our Lord makes things right!'
So carry the standard
When passed on to you.
Its olive-wood handle
So straight and so true.
And look for new runners
Who reverence God's Son,
Who range to the by-ways
As you just have done.
Carry it high, saints.
For soon He will come


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Poetic Form
Metre 11011 11111 111 1110100 01110 1011101 0101 011 01110 111011 0110 1010 1010 01001 1011 10011 1001 010111 11001 110110 01001 010010 01001 111 0100 101 110010 01011 0111 011110 11011 110110 10111 01011 11001 010110 1101 110010 101111 110010 11111 110110 11011 011110 110011 111011 11111 10111 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,095
Words 222
Sentences 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 49
Lines Amount 49
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 860
Words per stanza (avg) 185
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Written on June 09, 2008

Submitted by dougb.21370 on January 28, 2023

Modified by dougb.21370 on January 28, 2023

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Doug Blair

Doug was once a lawyer. Frustrated. Went broke 1987. Turned to manufacturing. People talked straight. Worked hard. Listened when appropriate. Lead Hand Shipper and Workplace Safety. Married to Hilary 1974. Two kids Lauren and Jordan. Poet. Photographer. Hiker-photographer. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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