Analysis of Closed Doors



I am a man of eighty,
I wanted to attend Church as usual,
I trudged to the bus-stop,
With a lot of pain and strain,
I was eager to hear the gospel message,
And the inspiring hymns,
To my dismay, I found a notice,
On the Church door:  'Pastor on leave,
Church closed for three weeks',
I wondered:  'When i reach the yonder shore,
Will I see the words: 'Jesus on leave,
Wait until he returns'.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJHK
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110 11010111100 111011 1011101 11101101010 000101 110111010 10111011 11111 1101110101 111011011 101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 380
Words 76
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 292
Words per stanza (avg) 78

About this poem

The poem with humour -as theme ,tells of an old man who trudged to the church with difficulty and found the doors closed.

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Written on October 20, 2001

Submitted by jesudason_a on August 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jesudason Atputharajah

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