Analysis of Punchy



So now for us the time has come
To watch our waters all run red
Hordes of the sword flood of the blood
High as a horse's head
In the Valley of Megiddo
Time of the goyim be fulfilled
On flesh of all my enemies
Fowl of the air come eat your fill

The wild donkey Ishmael
Tramples seed of Abraham
Burns greenhouses in Gaza
Cleanse the land of the great I Am
We flee into the mountains
Hide ourselves in rocks and caves
Rich and great, and all commanders
Time of the goyim come to graves

I'm hanging here upon the ropes
Punchy, and I'm all punched out
Waiting for that final blow
To turn me inside out
And end the bout

Rivers in desert wilderness
Lamb protected by lion
Vineyards overflow grapes and love
Next year in Zion
Peace will burn for seven years
That great and mournful day
Eternity is coming
There will be a price to pay

The famines and pestilences
The wormwood in the well
All the waters turned to blood
The melting flesh, that awful smell
On the final blast of ram's horn
Will you not hear the calling?
O Damascus, O Jerusalem
Babylon the great has fallen

I'm hanging here upon the ropes
Punchy, and I'm all punched out
Waiting for that final blow
To turn me inside out
And end the bout

© John Kennan 3-6-21


Scheme abcbbxdx xexexfxf GHIHH xjxjxklk dmcmxlaj GHIHH j
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111 111010111 11011101 110101 001011 11010101 11111100 11011111 011010 101110 110010 10110111 1101010 10010101 10101010 11010111 11010101 1001111 1011101 111011 0101 10010100 1010110 1010101 11010 1111101 110101 0100110 1110111 01001 01001 1010111 01011101 10101111 1111010 101010100 1001110 11010101 1001111 1011101 111011 0101 110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,175
Words 234
Sentences 2
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 5, 8, 8, 5, 1
Lines Amount 43
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 138
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted by rankstranger7 on May 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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