Analysis of Cloud Nine



I f men could see the Truth they’d know,
there is a place where they can go.
N ot here, nor there, nor in between,
but to a place that can’t be seen!

T he struggle we have is against Satan whose evil,
and seeks to destroy us by removing our free will.
H e prowls around like a lion in the night,
seeking to devour all that’s good and what’s right.
E vil does not come from God, but through men,
that cherish their sins and delight when they’re in them!

H ow easily those can be led astray,
who live for tomorrow and not for today.
E verything in creation belongs to you now,
but you invest in your stocks and watch closely the dow.
A rich man should take pride in his low position,
and seek to find his own condition.
V iolence and chaos is all you’ll have left,
you can’t even see you’re starving to death.
E verything that you want and needed is here,
in this place where I live and you don’t have to fear.
N o one has to fear the Christ’s coming again,
if he’s standing in heaven set apart from those men,
L ive only to please Him and stand there you will,
set apart from a world that is ripe for the kill.
Y earning no longer for the things that cause death,
but instead in His presence, in God’s holy rest!

R ealizing the good we’ve been given to do,
let us do it with joy and to Him remain true.
E agerly awaiting the return of our King,
forsaking the world, giving Him everything.
A ll your life is worth nothing if you’re living a lie,
holding on to your riches and waiting to die.
L ove now and serve others as you live here today,
tomorrow won’t come; it was sold on Ebay.
M any search for the meaning of life, here it is,
It never even starts till you can call yourself His!
S ee for the first time, then come and stand here,
in  the presence of God you’ll have nothing to fear!                


Scheme AABB XCDDEX FFGGHHXIJKEECCIX LLMMNNFXOOJK
Poetic Form
Metre 111110111 11011111 111111001 11011111 11101110110110 01101110101011 111011010001 101010111001 1111111111 110110011101 11100111101 1110101101 11001001111 1101011011001 011111011010 011111010 1101011111 1110111011 1111101011 011111011111 111111011001 1110010101111 111011101111 101101111101 110110101111 101011001101 1101111011 111111011011 110100011101 0100110110 01111110111001 101111001011 1110110111101 011111111 1101101011111 1101011111011 11101111011 001011111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,859
Words 399
Sentences 19
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 16, 12
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 342
Words per stanza (avg) 90
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Written on August 19, 2007

Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 03, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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