Analysis of Jesus
Francis William Lauderdale Adams 1862 – 1893
WHERE is poor Jesus gone?
He sits with Dives now,
And his dogs flesh their teeth
On Lazarus below.
Where is poor Jesus gone?
He is with Magdalen.
He doles her piece by piece,
Her pittance of shame!
Where is poor Jesus gone?
The good Samaritan,
What does he there alone?
He stabs the wounded man!
Where is poor Jesus gone,
The lamb they sacrificed? —
They've made God of his carrion
And labelled it 'Christ!'
| Scheme | AbcdAefgAehiAjej |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 11111 011111 110001 111101 111100 110111 01011 111101 010100 111101 110101 111101 01110 11111100 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 402 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 314 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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