Analysis of The Lord will lift you up
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Wait till you receive his power
Yahweh sends his best
Out into his vineyard
All of those who pass the test
He sends some at the break of day
And sends some more at nine
He goes out into the marketplace
And sends all that he finds
And then he sends some more at noon
Still more at three and five
He sends all those who want to serve
And gives them brand new lives
Our God does not discriminate
He pays them all the same
It doesn’t matter when they’ve come
It matters that they came
So now you have this simple truth
About those who follow Jesus
That if we’re in the marketplace
Then we know he will seize us
He’s taken captives in his train
And given gifts to men
He doesn’t care when they arrived
He just loves all of them
So, if you’re feeling broken
And like you cannot get up
Just lift your hands to heaven
And the Lord will lift you up
Scheme | XAXAXXBXXXXX XCXC XDBDXXXXEFEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101110 1111 101110 1111101 11110111 011111 11101010 011111 01111111 111101 11111111 011111 10111010 111101 1110111 110111 11111101 01111010 1100010 1111111 11010011 010111 1111101 111111 1111010 0111011 1111110 0011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 854 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 4, 12 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Written on May 30, 2014
Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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