David and Bathsheba (Part 1)

Royston 1946 (Reading)



Upon the palace roof he walked around
for his poor restless soul no sleep had found.
But then those eyes of his all red and sore
could not believe the lovely sight they saw.

For there across the rooftops he could see
a woman as naked as she could be.
He had to pinch himself to make sure
that it was no apparition that he saw.

Then his testosterone levels just soared
as with lust and passion his body roared.
This was how the awful saga began
of the murder of an innocent man.

About this poem

The first of a series of poem based on the saga of David and Bathsheba recorded in 2 Samuel 11

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Submitted by royston on July 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXB CCXB DDEE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 477
Words 94
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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