Analysis of Forgiveness
Roger Gilbert 1956 (Indiana)
You say that I´m forgiven,
And yet, I see each day;
Your glance across the room,
Eyes squinting, thoughts to say.
Now Christ told Peter this,
To forgive, this side of Heaven;
Peter´s thought, just seven times,
Said Christ, "Seventy times seven."
Is it true forgiveness,
The tally, to keep score;
Not exceed four hundred ninety,
Before kicking to the floor?
Be careful to examine,
And reaching for that stone;
The log that´s in your own eye,
The demise, may be your own!
Scheme | ABXB XAXA XCXC XDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111010 011111 110101 110111 111101 10111110 10111101 11100110 111010 010111 10111010 0110101 1101010 010111 01110111 0011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 467 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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