Analysis of Despair
Dark was the day and was cold
Horror was through all their core
Terror and weeping foretold
crucified on a cross gore
Beaten and bloodied and bruised
Woman there watched their master
Romans there watched the accused
Sobbing was drowned by the laughter
“ Father, I give up my soul”
Jesus distorted face cried
All of earth wept as a whole
For their Messiah had died.
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 1101011 1011111 1001001 101011 1001001 1011110 1011001 10111010 1011111 1001011 1111101 1101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 295 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
About this poem
A poem telling of the anguish of the followers of Jesus Christ as he was crucified
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