Analysis of Jezebel



She was a luring courtesan in a fetching negligee.
Her gestures were suggestive as she enticed her prey.
The liquefaction of her moves captivated mighty kings.
Her cunning wiles were clever as she fluttered her wings.
A tatterdemalion peasant, chivalrous with handsome face,
Courageously stole her heart and charmed her with his grace.
As a bucolic plebeian he persuaded her to shift
from demimondaine to wife. Her needs he gave short shrift.
This lowly man soon married her yet unwilling to remit.
Perhaps God could pardon sin, but he could not acquit.
Their quarrels dissipated love. They both grew melancholy.
Past harlotry unabsolved, no more were they jolly.
Simple malaise and lassitude vanquished her bawdy chorus.
Unable to linger on death granted her divorce.
Jezebel, lady of the night, have you gone to paradise?
Your transgressions of the flesh forgiveness must suffice.


Scheme ABCCDDEEFFGGHIJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 11010100101 0100010110101 0010101100101 0101010111001 011011101 0100101010111 100100101010011 1111011111 110111001010101 0111101111101 1101001111100 111110110 1001011001010 0101101110001 110101111110 1010101010101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 867
Words 142
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 45
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 719
Words per stanza (avg) 142
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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