Analysis of LAST SUPPER



LAST SUPPER
Why should I join your table!
Why should I intoxicate myself with,
Your costly wine you flaunt with false splendor,
But in it you slip a dose of lethal laughing toxins?
One would laugh and laud your generous tenacity!
Yet, with that fake giggle,
In the sunken gleaming eyes of a snake,
You seethe inside!
We were a number but, the undertaker claimed a few!
Am I the only black sheep that feels the froth?
Or is everyone’s heart blackened with drops of seeping venom?
That corrodes the lips and you wipe the evidence?
And now you that you noticed my awareness,
You turn the table for bile to flow from my quarter
A good Samaritan, you’ll offer gallons to quench the raging fire
And offer empathy to cure my irking ire!
You can burn my stiff but you won’t my soul!
I will count the grains of sand in all beaches of the pacific,
But to your corrupt course,
I shall never crawl! Keep your mercy!
Every day you count a loss of a player in this team,
And blame their frivolous folly!
Holy saints you are, but the acridity of bile will burn y’all,
When reckoning of hypocritical is finally done!


Scheme ABCADEBFGHIJKLAAMNOPEQEBR
Poetic Form
Metre 110 1111110 11101011 1101111110 10111011101010 1110111000100 111110 0010101101 1101 1001010100101 11010111101 1111101111010 101010110100 01111101010 1101011111110 010100110101101010 01010011111 1111111111 1110111011010010 111011 111011110 100111011010011 01110010 1011110111111 11001010011001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,111
Words 227
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 25
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 865
Words per stanza (avg) 205

About this poem

The poem is a metaphorical critique of deceit in relationships, illustrating the pain of betrayal by those who feign friendship. It teaches the importance of awareness and self-respect in the face of duplicity, urging individuals to stand firm against corruption and moral decay. Significantly, it calls for authenticity and vigilance in our interactions, reminding us that true character is revealed not in easy camaraderie but in the testing fires of adversity. This piece serves as a cautionary tale, advocating for integrity and the courage to reject false pretenses for the sake of one's moral compass and soul.  

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Written on February 10, 2014

Submitted by anthonymutunga6 on March 10, 2024

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Tonnie MAC

Tonni MAC is a pen name for poet Anthony Charles from Kenya. He is a banker, an agronomist, environmental activist and a farmer. He writes poem across all genre, to inspire, rebuke, for education, humourous poem, political, tragedy, love, nostalgia, basically about everything. He is looking to rapture the cocoon of poetry and reach a wider range of audience. He loves writing and travelling. more…

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