Analysis of The Revelation
Robed in terrible majesty,
the Son of God goes riding forth.
Thousands, glorious procession,
follow his wake in radiant white,
luminescent, shining bright!
From the wedding he now is come,
to judge the world in righteousness.
Dreadful, his mien, trace of mercy
cannot be seen on that glist'ring face,
from his stern look, no hiding place!
He gathers up the grapes of wrath,
treads the winepress with great fury.
Blood gushes forth, wine of wicked vine,
even unto the horse's reins,
the liquor of the sinners' veins!
With the eagles encircling round,
feast with glee anticipating,
the Beast is very quickly seized,
False Prophet, easily taken,
in darkness cast, both forsaken.
Scheme | AXBCC XXADD XAXEE XXXBB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 10100100 01111101 10100010 101101001 010101 10101111 11010100 10111110 10111111 11111101 11010111 1011110 110111101 10100101 01010101 101001001 1110100 01110101 11010010 01011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 679 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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A poem based upon the climax of the mysterious book of Revelation.
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