Analysis of The battle of Reading Rock - Part 07

Royston 1946 (Reading)



Drums were banging, and music clanging,
throughout the day and the night
Repeating constantly, it was affecting me,
and I just did not feel alright.
But June saved the day, and her flute did play,
bringing peace and harmony
now my mind was calm, protected from harm,
by her soothing melody.

But surprisingly, rock fans came to see,
the source of the wondrous sound
standing at the tent, listening so intent,
as they all gathered around.
Contrasted here, for all to hear,
was rock music and the gentle flute.
Their composition, and their rendition,
could not have been more acute.

During the day, I'm glad to say,
the atmosphere was not too bad
But there at night, a gruesome sight,
it turned all sinister and sad.
At the close of day, the team went away,
whilst Dave and I stayed behind
And despite the noise, we two poor boys,
tried some rest and peace to find.

Narrative
The loud rock music was getting to me. Then God sent one of his human angels to rescue me. June had brought a flute with her and began to play it. The serenity of the heavenly chords brought peace to my soul, as rock fans were standing outside the tent appreciating the lovely music. We invited them in and our 10ft x 8ft plot became the haven of God. A rock of refuge and strong fortress far stronger than any Japanese fortress. During daytime the atmosphere of the Rock Festival was great as the team went from tent to tent sharing Jesus and holding conversations with the campers. Night time however was so different and I praised God for Jesus and His power to protect and save..


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Poetic Form
Metre 101001010 0101001 010100110101 0111111 1110100111 1010100 1111101011 1010100 1010011111 0110101 10101100101 1111001 01011111 111000101 101001010 1111101 10011111 0101111 11110101 11110001 1011101101 1101101 001011111 1110111 100 0111011011111111101011011110110001111001001010011111111101011010100010101010100101111010101101110011011011001101010101011001110111111101001001010101110111000111110011010101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,548
Words 284
Sentences 15
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 2
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 308
Words per stanza (avg) 71
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Submitted by royston on June 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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