God’s arithmetic
Royston 1946 (Reading)
Using one and one to only make two
with God sometimes just will not do.
For His arithmetic is exponential
and is not confined to human potential.
As the people were sat down on the ground
and the loaves and fishes were passed around,
a miracle then took place in the countryside
as the loaves and fishes were multiplied.
God worked outside human experience.
and performed miracles that defied science.
With those little loaves and a few fishes
He satisfied the multitudes wishes.
About this poem
Written after reading "The feeding of the five thousand" in Matthew 14
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Submitted by royston on August 03, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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