Analysis of SHEEP IN THE FLOCK

Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)



SHEEP IN THE FLOCK

Tried to walk a humble walk
Man I mastered a pious talk
Truth, I couldn't pick the lock
Just another sheep in the flock
In a life that races against the clock
It's so hard standing on the Rock

I've seen my heroes rise and Fall
Times I ran, sometimes I'd crawl
Calling aloud in Faith to y'all
This is a race, in it for the long Haul
And when we run smack into a wall
Lord You're the help I'll always call

Cry to the Lord all ye Saints arise
Heaven gives heed to faithful cries
The giant howls, God he defies
But His is a power that no one defies
Listen quickly as the angel sighs
And the Trumpets blast peirce the skies

Here I am. On the Rock
Learned to run after I walk
You choose to race the clock
But listen, and please take stock
This Faith, it's more than Talk
We are just His sheep in the Flock
Amen


Scheme A BBAAAA CCCCCC DDDDDD ABAABAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1001 1110101 11100101 1110101 10101001 0011100101 11110101 11110101 1110111 1001011 1101011011 011110101 1101111 110111101 10111101 01011101 11101011101 101010101 00101101 111101 1111011 111101 1100111 111111 11111001 01
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 831
Words 176
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 6, 6, 7
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 34

About this poem

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Psalm 46:10-11

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Written on May 02, 2024

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