Analysis of Matthew, the Tax Guy
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
He drew me out of Custom
One noon hour’s teaching spree
A head all full of numbers
A shyster, that was me.
So used to ripping people off
And gaining by the week.
I fancied Roman bullying
And used the bench to seek
Advantage and the friends of strife.
Publicans and such.
But on that mid-day
Healing came.
A palsied wretch He touched.
Sin gone He said, and walking too.
The man came through the roof.
Some friends had lowered
With a rope.
This Priest brought power and truth.
Quite stunned I was
And back to work.
Transfixed by what I saw.
And Jesus blessed our Jewish state
Wth so much more than Law.
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHIJKLMNOPQRSTS |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 1110101 0111110 010111 11110101 010101 11010100 010111 01000111 101 11111 101 01111 11110101 011101 11110 101 1111001 1111 0111 011111 010110101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 470 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Font size:
Written on January 19, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 19, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 19, 2023
- 37 sec read
- 9 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Matthew, the Tax Guy" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/148966/matthew%2C-the-tax-guy>.
Discuss this Douglas Blair poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In