Analysis of X MARKS THE SPOT
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
X MARKS THE SPOT
We watched today on our TV screens
As you darkened the sun across the Land
Pundits and preachers tell us what it means
As You marked us all with Your hand
As they told us what they thought
You said, “X marks the spot”
I heard the world cry and cheer
Celebrate as the darkness fell
Wine and booze, no pause or fear
And in one voice they lift a Rebel’s yell
As the darkness fell another shot
You said, “ X marks the spot”
America have you no fear of God?
Party on as He signs his name
As His Hand crosses our land so broad
You fall down drunk in your wild game
I fall in prayer for the Land I fought
And God replies, “X marks the spot”
And so it does, as darkness lifts again
Reveals a land that evil has Torn
Oh my neighbors, brothers, my friend
Now is the day for you to be reborn
For tomorrow is nearer than you thought
And our God says, “ X marks the spot
Cario, Ninavah, Egypt all lie in the Path
And my people cheer for their destruction
Tremble now for judgements coming wrath
For this people reject sound instruction
Was it a sign you searched and sought
Your God answers,”X marks the spot “
Amen
Scheme | A BCBCDA EFEFAA XGXGDA HIXIDA JKJKDAH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1101110111 1110010101 1001011111 11111111 1111111 111101 1101101 1010101 1011111 0011110101 101010101 111101 0100111111 10111111 1111010111 11110111 110110111 01011101 0111110101 010111011 11101011 1101111111 101110111 010111101 111011001 0110111010 101110101 1110011010 11011101 111101 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,150 |
Words | 237 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
About this poem
A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Jesus then left them and went away. Matthew 16:4
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