Analysis of Where were you?
Where were you, when I laid earth's foundation
and the stars sang with angels at creation,
when upon the threshold of time and space
I flung the mighty galaxies into place?
Where were you, at the dawning of that day,
when firstborn light sped out upon its way,
as into the darkness its' rays disperse
lighting the vastness of the universe?
Woe is me Lord for I am a mortal man
and I was not there when the world began.
I saw not those heavenly bodies made
or the acts of creation You displayed.
But now, my soul within me has been stirred,
and I was enthralled as I read Your word.
With eyes of faith I saw what You had done
The power of God. The Almighty One.
My spirit sings as I address my praise,
to the Mighty God and Ancient of Days.
Who was and is, and Who will always be.
Before the Beginning and beyond eternity.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGAA HHII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1011111010 00111101010 101011101 11010100011 1011010111 1111110111 1010101101 100101010 11111110101 0111110101 1111100101 1011010101 1111011111 0110111111 1111111111 0101100101 110111111 1010101011 110101111 0100100010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 833 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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