Analysis of The price was paid

Royston 1946 (Reading)



The last and gruesome journey had begun
for Almighty Gods’ One and Only Son.
Angels looked down in awe with bated breath
as He walked the road that led on to death.

The day loomed closer as the cross drew near
and in the garden He was filled with fear.
But it was the only way He could save,
humankind from the clutches of the grave.

Ten thousand angels stood there at their posts
waiting for one word from their Lords of Hosts.
But He kept silent and went on alone
climbing Golgotha’s Hill all on His own.

Flogged and beaten, whipped and scourged,
there on the cross sins iniquities He purged,
as our transgressions on Jesus were laid,
and lash by lash the awful price was paid.

With nail pieced body and a spear pierced side
“Father forgive them” aloud He cried,
as the blood flowed from His noble veins
washing away all of our guilty stains.

Then the Lord our God yielded to death
crying “It is finished,” with His last breath.
The Immortal One bowed His head and died
at Calvary’s Hill He was crucified.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ BBII
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 0101010101 1010110101 1011011101 1110111111 0111010111 0001011111 1110101111 101010101 1101011111 1011111111 1111001101 10111111 1010101 11011111 11001011001 0111010111 1111000111 100110111 101111101 10011110101 1011011011 1011101111 0010111101 1111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,029
Words 209
Sentences 10
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 31

About this poem

(John 13:1 NIV) It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.

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Submitted by royston on August 08, 2022

Modified on April 05, 2023

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