Analysis of Forgiveness



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
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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Submitted by SantaClaus on February 17, 2021

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Roger Gilbert

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