Analysis of Zacchaeus Up the Tree
Still standing.Beside the main street.
Feeling the pulseOf spring rains,
The crown of summer,
The testing pullOf autumn storms.
Children exploreMy limbs and shelter.
Adventurers pass,
Out to new possibilities.
Some, retracing steps
In homeward reunion
Or retreat.
Presently a strange din;
One stalwart man
And His entourage.
Onlookers press in,
Curious and hopeful.
What's this?
Someone scrambles up,
Tugs my extremities,
Scrapes my bark,
Settles,
Balancing to watch.
Much like the children.
(Generations of them.)
I serve their purpose.
I serve his purpose.
Giving the better view.
And the Master looks up,
My Maker.
Issuing the call:
"Zacchaeus, come down.
I will come to your house." (Luke 19: 1-10)
Note: Many a witness accepts rough treatment that others might get a better and redeeming view of Jesus.
The most necessary and helpful of friends.
Scheme | AXBXBXCXDA EXXEXXFCX XXDXGGX FBXXX GX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011 100111 01110 0101101 1011010 01001 1110100 10101 010010 101 100011 1101 0101 1010 100010 11 1101 110100 111 10 10011 11010 01011 11110 11110 100101 001011 110 10001 111 1111111 110010011101101101000101110 0110001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 864 |
Words | 176 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 9, 7, 5, 2 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Written on March 07, 2008
Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 11, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on April 07, 2023
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