Analysis of Ziklag
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
Pursuing Amalekites
With the image of their
Scorched village
Still fresh in their minds.
And angry, so angry
With the leader
Who had bade them depart from Ziklag.
Families left vulnerable.
Forgotten the times
Of his mastery,
His music,
His memories of
Meadow, stream and flock.
Of how he gathered them,
Some distressed, some in debt
Some discontented.
The trail and the camp
Had knit them.
He ever offering
Counsel and courage,
Just leadership,
Command with example.
Stores never failed.
Their shield and portion.
Receiving their rebuke,
He withdrew silently.
Alone with the
God of his sheepfold.
Gentle music perhaps.
Refreshment arrives.
Hope against hope
Glowing in his face.
There is nothing
But to follow him.
(Though murder had been
In their hearts.)
He also sorely misses
Wives and loved ones.
“There might yet be victory.
Let us be up and active.”
1 Samuel 30:6 – And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 101011 110 11011 010110 1010 11110111 10011000 01001 11100 110 11001 1101 111101 101101 1010 01001 111 110100 10010 110 011010 1101 11010 010101 101100 0110 1111 101001 01001 1011 10011 1110 11101 11011 011 1101010 1011 1111100 1111010 1001011001101011101010111010111001111011101100100100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,098 |
Words | 217 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 24, 16, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 288 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 05, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 05, 2023
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