The Crucifixion

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"The Crucifixion" is a poetic sermon by James Weldon Johnson that vividly reimagines the biblical account of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion in rich, rhythmic language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
religious poem ⓘ
sermon poem ⓘ
author James Weldon Johnson ⓘ
collectionBy James Weldon Johnson ⓘ
collectionGenre sermon-poems ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depictsCharacter God the Father ⓘ
linked to: God

Jesus Christ ⓘ
depictsEvent death of Jesus on the cross ⓘ
nailing of Jesus to the cross ⓘ
trial of Jesus ⓘ
form verse ⓘ
genre Christian religious literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
sermon ⓘ
inspiredBy African American preaching tradition ⓘ
New Testament Passion narratives ⓘ
intendedAudience Christian congregations ⓘ
general readers of religious poetry ⓘ
intendedMode oral performance ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice allusion to the Bible ⓘ
direct address to the audience ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
personification ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
literaryMovement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
narrativePerspective preacher-like narrator ⓘ
partOf God’s Trombones ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
setting Jerusalem ⓘ
style oratorical ⓘ
rhythmic ⓘ
vernacular-inflected ⓘ
subject Passion of Christ ⓘ
crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
theme God’s power and wrath ⓘ
divine love ⓘ
emotional immediacy of biblical events ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
sacrifice of Jesus ⓘ
sin and atonement ⓘ
suffering and salvation ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1st century CE ⓘ
tone dramatic ⓘ
emotive ⓘ
reverent ⓘ

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