Analysis of Judgment Waits
The stories almost over and yet it just begins,
The reason that they’re ending is because of all your sins.
The One who’s coming is the Way, the Truth and He’s the life,
To those who hear but don’t wake up, He comes like a thief in the night
When I see Him coming I’ll just bow and say Amen!
I’m not afraid to hear His voice because He calls me friend.
The night has almost ended, the long day over too,
And now for all men judgment waits, so what is left for you?
Will you fly away with me to see all God has planned?
Or will your feet be shackled here in endless shifting sand?
Will you fall upon the Rock of Christ and broken make your stand?
Or at the break of day be catching teardrops in your hands?
I am not saying anything new, it’s all been said before,
By the prophets and Nora Jones while at the threshing floor.
Scheme | AAXX XXBB CCCX DD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110011101 01011101011111 01110101010101 1111111111101001 1111101110101 11011111011111 011110011101 01111101111111 1110111111111 11111101010101 111010111010111 1101111101011 11110101111101 1010010111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 841 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Written on October 07, 2006
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 17, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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