Analysis of River Foretold



It’s a river we search for
Yes a stream lined with trees
For the healing of nations
In the Spirit’s fresh breeze.
And the saints there are gathered
All the broken made whole
And the glorious creatures
And apostles twelve-fold.

Not a suffering remembered
Not a sigh damps the glow
Of the Lamb’s throne eternal
Only dreamed of below.
And His servants are busy
Want it no other way
Casting crowns all before Him
Who alone lights the Day.

And this Day springs eternal
Bitter nights all forgot
Revelation a-plenty
For what Mercy has wrought.


Scheme XAXABXXX BCDCEFXF DXEX
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1010111 101111 1010110 001011 0011110 101011 0010010 001011 10100010 101101 1011010 101101 0110110 111101 1011011 101101 0111010 101101 010010 111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 616
Words 107
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 144
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Modified on March 14, 2023

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