Analysis of Writ In Red
James broadus 1977 (Texas)
There’s an old story,
one you might have heard.
It tells of no ordinary man,
take him for his word.
It tells of his travels,
and of folks he did meet.
It tells of his journey,
a path trodden by feet.
Onward he travelled,
nowhere to lay his head.
It tells of healing,
and those from the dead.
It tells of his burdens,
and of those against him.
Sold him for silver,
many did condemn.
Though ordinary looking,
many did walk past.
One told of a tree,
for the crowd was too vast.
They are innumerable,
these stories you do hear.
If written upon pages,
no one room could bear.
There is one book,
it tells no lore.
It speaks of a cross,
and of death no more.
It tells of a man,
a carpenter’s son.
Nailed to a tree,
for sins he hadn’t done.
He conquered death,
the grave couldn’t hold.
It’s all in the words,
that he has told.
Each verse carefully writ,
his words aren’t dead.
It tells you the story,
the letters writ in red.
Scheme | ABCBDEAEFGHGIJKLHMAMNOPQRSTSCUAUVWXWYGAG |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 11110 11111 11111001 11111 111110 011111 111110 011011 10110 11111 11110 01101 111110 011011 11110 10101 110010 10111 11101 101111 1101000 110111 1100110 11111 1111 1111 11101 01111 11101 01001 1101 11111 1101 0111 11001 1111 111001 11101 111010 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 963 |
Words | 222 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 40 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 693 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 179 |
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