Analysis of To those at Philippi.
Yes I am in chains
It bothers me not
My imprisonment brought on
In jest or true following.
I could die I suppose.
To leave and be with Christ?
Or the servant’s otherwise.
Up to the Father.
But now humility is the chore
Think of the humiliation
Of the Master.
God, very God.
But lowered to man
For a suffering spell.
And I want to know Him
In all aspects, moving toward
His glorious Resurrection.
This is greatest cause for rejoicing.
I repeat, rejoicing.
Now in meantime you have weapons
For action, serving and thinking right.
Prayer, supplication and thanksgiving.
Speak often, and confidently to Father.
Control thinking processes
Unto good report and the lovely.
Bringing on contentment.
Not previously imagined.
But available as
Spiritual knowledge accumulates.
I will say it again friends
Rejoice, and at all costs
Flee from contention
Epaphroditus, true to that serving spirit
Carries this Letter to you.
Embracing you for me.
(Written by Paul, the wandering church starter. But at this point in prison.)
Scheme | X X X A X X X B X C B X X X X X C A A X X A B X D X X X X X X C X X D C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 11011 1010011 0111100 111101 110111 101010 11010 110100101 1100010 1010 1101 11011 101001 011111 0111001 1100010 111011010 101010 1011110 110100101 11010 11001000110 0110100 101010010 101010 11000010 101001 100010010 1111011 010111 11010 11111010 1011011 010111 101101001101111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,152 |
Words | 250 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 36 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 22 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Written on December 25, 2022
Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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