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
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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Submitted by on January 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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