Analysis of Jonah
Nineveh was the place that God wanted me to go,
but I ran and told God no.
For Nineveh, was a wicked city, very sinful, and not pretty.
I saw a ship, and I climbed aboard. I was a man on the run, running from the Lord.
The ship was caught in a storm.It was my fault, I did inform.
It was because I ran from the Lord. I told the crew to cast me overboard.
Then, I was swallowed by a whale. Now that right there is a true fish tale.
Three days in the whale’s belly, I did stay. I, Jonah, began to pray.
I told God, that if He would get me out. I would go to Nineveh, without a second doubt.
The whale got sick and spewed me out. Then I headed to the Nineveh route.
I, Jonah, the man, that God sent, was astonished as I saw, each one did repent.
Scheme | AA X B X B X X X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011110111 1110111 110010101010100110 110101101110110110101 01110011111101 110111101110111110 11110101111110111 11001101111100111 11111111111111100010101 011101111110101001 11001111101011111101 |
Characters | 763 |
Words | 176 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 50 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
Based from the book of Jonah
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