Analysis of BOOMING WHISPER
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
When a whisper echoes with a boom
When Hope announces your doom
When tears break forth into true glee
My chains broke and now I am free
Darkest night shines the brightest Light
Peace with God though the world may fight
And I'll count all else as an eternal loss
To stand here and preach the Cross
Tell me I'm a fool, brah I'll just laugh
I'm free from sin, hate, or wrath
Watch as the blind are crushed by pride
I'll preach as the world comes to decide
Because a mouse can make a giant fall
A whisper can become a nation's call
And a broken sinner can be made whole
And preach in boldness as the Spirit flow
Let me tell you a story of death and despair
As defeat weighs heavy, chocking the air
But at the darkest the chosen shall pray
And just watch as the stones all roll away!
I believe! In my weakness God is strong!
I believe! I'm made new and don't belong,
To this world that revels in hate and Gloom
I believe a whisper becomes a sonic boom!
So I call to the broken and the weak
If you must whisper be sure you speak!
For God promise His Word is never void
Preach in the Power Jesus employed
Because Faith makes fools of the wise
And the Light, blinds the world's eyes
Because the right whisper will rock a nation
And the Resurrection brings Salvation
AMEN
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXEE FFXX GGHH IIAA JJKK LLMMX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010101 1101011 11110111 11101111 10110101 11110111 01111110101 1110101 111011111 1111111 11011111 11101111 0101110101 0101010101 0010101111 0101010101 111101011001 101110101 1101001011 0111011101 1010110111 1011110101 1111100101 101010010101 1111010001 111101111 1110111101 100101001 01111101 0011011 01011011010 000101010 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,295 |
Words | 269 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?” JOB 26:13-14
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