Analysis of Open me up
Royston 1946 (Reading)
Look not for cyphers or for formulae,
for I have more important things to say.
I speak of One: the Creator of all things
and prophesy what the future brings.
I Declare God's love and salvation plan:
freely offered to all the nations of man.
I speak of Jesus Christ the Crucified
Who rose from the dead after He had died.
Proclaiming Hell subdued, sins forgiven,
eternal life and a mansion in heaven.
Proclaiming that you’re loved and not alone,
that God will never leave you on your own.
Don't look for codes, or leave me on the shelf.
Open me up for I can speak for myself.
This is by far the best thing that you can do
for as you read me then I will speak to you.
Scheme | XXAA BBCC DDEE FFGG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11110111 1111010111 11110010111 0110101 1011100101 10101101011 111101010 1110110111 0101011010 01010010010 0101110101 1111011111 1111111101 1011111111 11110111111 11111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 667 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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