Analysis of Just A Face



have you ever been lost in a crowd
with faces, so many faces, so alone.
you see them laughing, whispering, talking
no eye contact, you are nothing to them.
wondering who will ever care about me.
sometimes a preacher tells you about Jesus
but what do I care about that.
He claims only Jesus knows the real me
that I mean the world to Him.
Fact is He died for me.
Now what's that all about?
If I just accept Jesus into my life as Lord and Saviour I can be free.
No more guilt...self worth...peace...friends.
Maybe I should do as the preacher says
so I can be more than a face in the crowd.
Won't cost me much, nothing to nobody now.
Or maybe it will cost me everything?
I could make a difference in your life
one less empty face in the crowd.
So...have you ever been lost in a crowd?


Scheme ABCDEFGEHEIEFJAKCLAA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111011001 11011010101 1111010010 111111011 10011101011 01010110110 11111011 1110101011 1110111 111111 111101 1110110011111011111 1111 1011110101 11111101001 111110111 110111110 1110100011 11101001 111011001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 762
Words 157
Sentences 18
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 595
Words per stanza (avg) 153
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Submitted on December 15, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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