Analysis of Hallelujah
Brooke Rigsby 1992 (South Carolina)
Beauty
Divinity
All that made you
All you were
I couldn’t attempt to
Can time change the timeless
You stand prophetic proof
Yet I raise you and you quell me
Turned your head but saw past me
Is this cold crass crucifixion
Part of your proverbial plot
To rid me from your side
Do I scare you
Because I challenge you?
Preach not to me of love
Preach not of sin
Thou God who hast betrayed his own kin
And if not with you
Against you I scream
Hallelujah to the broken king
| Scheme | AABCBDEAAFGHBBIJJBKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 10 0100 1111 110 11011 111010 110101 11110111 1111111 1111010 11101001 111111 1111 011101 111111 1111 111101111 01111 01111 01010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 474 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 373 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
About this poem
A poem from Lucifer’s perspective, on his fall from grace.
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Written on November 03, 2022
Submitted by brooke_r on November 03, 2022
Modified on March 23, 2023
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