Analysis of Isaiah spells out one crazy trade-off. (C. 61)
Isaiah took a chance
For sure.
Looking for beauty.
When all the way
To the horizon
Multiplied messes
Problems and attack.
Yes, this beauty
For ashes.
Ashes…useless for food
For construction
Or warmth.
Grey, listless
Insubstantial.
And then he cites
Joy for mourning.
As with the plaintive doves.
Beauty/Joy out of nothing
Seemingly.
God’ll do that
Ya know.
For the undeserving.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGCHIEJKLMNONCPQN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101 11 10110 1101 10010 1010 10001 1110 110 101011 1010 11 110 0010 0111 1110 110101 1011110 100 111 11 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 22 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 301 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Written on January 31, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 31, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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