Analysis of Sycamore
Still standing.
Beside the main street.
Feeling the pulse
Of spring rains,
The crown of summer,
The testing pull
Of autumn storms.
Children explore
My limbs and shelter.
Adventurers pass,
Out to new possibilities.
Some, retracing steps
In homeward reunion
Or retreat.
Presently a strange din;
One stalwart man
And His entourage.
Onlookers press in,
Curious and hopeful.
What's this?
Someone scrambles up,
Tugs my extremities,
Scrapes my bark,
Settles,
Balancing to watch.
Much like the children.
(Generations of them.)
I serve their purpose.
I serve his purpose.
Giving the better view.
And the Master looks up,
My Maker.
Issuing the call:
"Zacchaeus, come down.
I will come to your house." (Luke 19: 1-10)
(Note: Many a witness accepts rough treatment that others might get a better and redeeming view of Jesus.)
Scheme | XAXXBXXXBXCXDAEXXEXXFCXXXDXGGXFBXXX G |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110 01011 1001 111 01110 0101 1101 1001 11010 01001 1110100 10101 010010 101 100011 1101 0101 1010 100010 11 1101 110100 111 10 10011 11010 01011 11110 11110 100101 001011 110 10001 111 1111111 110010011101101101000101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 819 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 35, 1 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 319 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
About this poem
The story of Zacchaeus Up the Tree.
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Written on February 23, 2008
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 09, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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