Analysis of SINGING SONGS OF EXPECTATION



Singing songs of expectation
The earth pilgrim band goes
Marching to the Promised Land
Rides upon the storming Wind
Till the faithful beneath its shade.

The earth beauty fades
The sun is sinking fast
The daylight dies
The end of toil and gloom has come.

Onward faithful soldiers go
Where no night of doubt and sorrow is
When the grave music sounds
From Eternal God of all creations.

Alleluia! The song redemption
Sweetest rest-day for the souls
Of life’s toil and care
Charming all earth’s griefs away.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1011010 011011 1010101 1010101 10100111 01101 011101 011 01110111 1010101 111110101 101101 1010111010 101010 1011101 11101 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 511
Words 95
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Life after death

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Written on December 10, 2021

Submitted by ID on December 10, 2021

Modified by ID on December 10, 2021

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Dr. Idowu James ADEKUNLE

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