Analysis of Passover
Jessie E. Sampter 1883 (New York City) – 1938 (Kibbutz Givat Brenner)
It’s a far, far road from Egypt
To our own, our happy land,
From the pyramids of Egypt
Built beneath the tyrant’s hand;
Its road so strange and marvelous
That few can understand.
See, the Lord had passed us over
For his sign upon our gate!
He has spared the crushed and driven,
He has judged the proud and great.
When the hosts of Israel rise to go
He makes the crooked straight.
It’s a far, far road to Zion
For the slave afraid to flee;
He must pass through flood and desert,
Yet his land he shall not see.
But the man that knows the sign of God
On Pesach eve is free.
Scheme | ABABXB XCDCXC DEXEXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111110 110110101 10100110 1010101 11110100 11101 10111110 11101101 11101010 1110101 1011100111 110101 10111110 1010111 11111010 1111111 101110111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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