Analysis of Where the rubber hits the road

Royston 1946 (Reading)



As the wine began running out
I wondered what life was about,
caught up in that awful place where
life gets tough and the rubber hits the road.

The world was just passing me by
and I could not understand why,
not knowing what I should do,
for I was burdened by sins heavy load.

Then I heard the Lord Jesus say
'I too have walked along that way
dying alone in that grim place where
twixt life and death the rubber hits the road.'

'And there upon my blood soaked back
I took all of that awful flack
as I paid the price in full,
and bore the cost of your sins heavy load'

Then with tears I cried out to Him
Lord please forgive all of my sin.
Come and lift me out of this place where
all is lost and the rubber hits the road.

Then He came to me as I cried
with His loving arms opened wide,
cleansing me and setting me free
from the burden of life's heavy load.


Scheme AABC DDXC EEBC FFXC XXBC GGXC
Poetic Form
Metre 10101101 11011101 11011011 1110010101 01111011 0111011 1101111 1111011101 11101101 11110111 100101111 1101010101 01011111 11111101 1110101 0101111101 11111111 11011111 101111111 1110010101 11111111 11101101 10101011 101011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 838
Words 176
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted by royston on October 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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