This poem is based on the Gospel of John 8:1-11. I took the view of one of the participants who were there ready and able to stone the woman. Of how Jesus impacted their actions on that day. The Jewish leaders had set up this trap to see what Jesus would do. Either he supported the law of Moses and helped to stone the woman, or went against the law and was a false prophet. He handled the situation without doing either.
This poem is a Quinquerne. A Quinquerne is a creation of Fanstorian, Pantygynt (Jim Bartlett). It uses ten syllables per line of iambic pentameter. The Quinquerne, as its name suggests, works in multiples of five - five Quintrains of enveloping rhyme (two around three), with the first line, repeated as a refrain line cascading line by line through each Quintrain. The rhyme scheme which, unlike the Quatern, is essential with this form. The rhyme scheme is
Abbba, cAaac, daAad, eaaAe, afffA, where the capital letter indicates the repeated line.
Feminine endings may be employed, but would not, however, be stipulated as a requirement of the form.

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