Analysis of Stand Up
Stand Up
By Christopher Commodore©2023
Believe not just because of what you fear
Your actions based on just the tales you hear
Instead let heaven drive your erring heart
And force you play through time your civic part
For principles stand firm and resolute
Strong values for the common good salute
Aim straight ahead as long as it’s for truth
When all else fails and others stand aloof
For in a man’s life rules play out each day
Drawn up by Providence to pave a loving way
Just as high heaven’s laws have forged a road
To guide along man to the King’s abode
Let justice reign and dignity prevail
Regardless of the fierce and raging gale
To frustrate evil deeds along the way
Affirm your oaths each germinating day
For in the end for those who persevere
Heaven’s witnesses who’ll testify right here
Fulfilling warnings eons prophesied
And truths for which the Galilean died.
Scheme | XX ABCC DDXX EEFF GGEE ABHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 110010 0111011111 1101110111 0111011101 0111111101 110011010 1101010101 1101111111 1111010101 1001111111 111100110101 1111011101 1101110101 1101010001 0101010101 111010101 0111111 1001111001 1010011011 010101010 011100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 893 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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