Analysis of In the Day of Trouble



"Call upon me in the day of trouble..."
yes, in the day of trouble
yes, the day of trouble
yes, the day of trouble.

Do you have a God to call upon in the day of trouble?
Do you have a God to call upon in the day of trouble?
Do you?
Do you?

Do you call on the Devil in the day of trouble?
Do you?
yes, do you?
Do you?

Saul called on the Witch of Endor and perished with Jonathan
 yes, he perished with Jonathan.

Ahab and Jezebel called on Baal and perished.
Ahaziah called on Baalzebub, the god of Ekron and perished.
Jeroboam called on his golden calves and perished.
ASA called on his doctors and perished.

Hezekiah called on Jehovah God and was saved from death.
Jehoshepath called on the God of Israel , and God fought
his numerous enemies,
his numerous enemies.

Nehemiah called on the God of Israel, and rebuilt the ruins of Jerusalem.
Queen Esther called on the God of Israel, and
 God saved the Jews from a progrom.

Do you depend on your father
or mother
or your friend?
Do you depend
on your weapons?

"The arm of flesh will fail you."
"Cursed is he who depends on the arm of flesh."

You cannot fight your battles alone.
You need God
to help you,;
yes, you need God
 to help you.
Yes,  you need God
to help you,
yes, to help you.


Scheme aaAA AABB aBbB cc dddd xxEE fxf gghhx bx xiBiBiBb
Poetic Form Tetractys  (38%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1011001110 1001110 101110 101110 111011101001110 111011101001110 11 11 1111010001110 11 111 11 11101110101100 11101100 101111010 11110111010 010111101010 1011110010 111010101111 111011100011 1100100 1100100 0101101110000101010100 110110111000 1101101 11011110 110 111 1101 1110 0111111 11110110111 110111001 111 111 1111 111 1111 111 1111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,249
Words 280
Sentences 26
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 3, 5, 2, 8
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

"Call upon me in the day of trouble..." You must have a God, to call on, when trouble comes. You cannot fight alone. Without God, you cannot win the battle.

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Written on May 14, 2023

Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on May 14, 2023

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Israel Chinonye Uche

Date of Birth: 18/9/57 Nigerian; Igbo BA(Hons) 1982,Theatre Arts, University of Calabar; PGDE, 1987,University of Nigeria, Nssuka Secondary School teacher( retired). Author and publisher more…

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