Analysis of Warfare
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Lift me up LORD; take me home
Because I do not walk alone
You sent your Spirit here to guide me
In Your presence You can hide me
I won’t go out into the night
You left me here to walk in light
It’s time to leave this breeding ground
Where righteous men cannot be found
We’ve walk into a fire fight
We cannot turn now or take flight
The Son will shine upon the day
When all my tears are wiped away
It’s getting colder in this place
The warfare leaves a bitter taste
But when I’m dead and buried here
I’ll ride again like Paul Revere
He waited till he saw the light
Then rode from town to town
Lord Jesus Christ is coming back
But with a different crown
| Scheme | XXAA BBCC BBDD XXXX BEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111111 01111101 111101111 01101111 11110101 11111101 11111101 11011011 11010101 11011111 01110101 11111101 11010011 0110101 11110101 11011101 11011101 111111 11011101 1101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 667 |
| Words | 136 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Written on December 23, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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