Continuing on to the actual content of the poem itself it is hard to find a line in which allusions to Catholicism do not rear their heads. A recurring example of such the continual diction that refers to geographic locations critical to the journey of Christ in the New Testament of the Bible. The first spatial reference is to “Calvary” (4), the hill upon which Jesus was crucified. Another occurs in the final stanza of the poem where a second place of great height, “Olivet”. It was on this mount that Christ was said to have ascended into heaven. Both hills are located within the city of Jerusalem, a city that has become a holy site for Christians, as well as Jews. Showing his knowledge of scripture with these references the parody also sneaks
