Analysis of You Must Be Ready!
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
Please fortify your hope each day
With scripture in your mind,
It helps to deal with thoughts that stray
To what it hopes to find.
The devil will tempt you with vice
He knows appeals to you.
Temptation from him seems so nice
In what you say and do.
You must be ready for a fight
Against an enemy
Who tempts us all both day and night
And addicted you might be!
Put on the armor God provides
And do not fight alone.
His love for you He never hides
Because you are His own!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101111 110011 11111111 111111 01011111 110111 01011111 011101 11110101 011100 11111101 0010111 11010101 011101 11111101 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 473 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Temptation
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Written on January 12, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on January 12, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on January 12, 2024
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