Analysis of THEY SAY/I SAY
THEY SAY/ I SAY
God is dead
Reason reigns Supreme
Something's left unsaid
Life is not a dream
Smoke from the Towers
Billows to the skies
The media flowers
Are selling us lies
But I ain't buying
I'm seeing clear
So many dying
What's happenin' here?
God is dead
Reason reigns supreme
Something's left unsaid
Life is not a dream
I see her start to run
Running through the night
Momma hits her son
Daddy starts a fight
The baby's crying
Parents turn away
What's the point in tryin'?
It's always been this way
God is dead
Reason reigns supreme
Something's left unsaid
Life is not a dream
I look into the night sky
At the stars above
Asking God, "Why?
Where's Your Love?"
He wipes a tear
From my face
"Son, I'm right here
With you in this place "
Look ahead
Reason rules a dream
Christ rose from the dead
And Jesus reigns supreme!
See the Man walking,
Stripes across His back
The soldiers are mocking
They press the attack
Cross is lifted high
And our sin fell down
The Son of Life had to die
That Life may abound
God is dead
Reason reigns supreme
Something's left unsaid
Life is not a dream
The Grave on the Third Day
See! He isn't there!
Stone is rolled away!
Answer to our prayer
They put Him in the Grave
Thinking it would end
But it was His Life He gave
He picked it up again
Look ahead!
Reason rules a dream
Christ rose from the dead
JESUS REIGNS SUPREME!
AMEN
| Scheme | a BCBC dedefxfg BCBC hihifaha BCBC jkjklmgm BCBc fnfnjxjx BCBC alaloxop BCBcp |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 111 10101 10101 11101 11010 10101 010010 11011 11110 1101 11010 111 111 10101 10101 11101 110111 10101 10101 10101 01010 10101 10101 11111 111 10101 10101 11101 1101011 10101 1011 111 1101 111 1111 11011 101 10101 11101 010101 10110 10111 010110 11001 11101 010111 0111111 11101 111 10101 10101 11101 011011 11101 11101 101101 111001 10111 1111111 111101 101 10101 11101 10101 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 1,458 |
| Words | 320 |
| Sentences | 17 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 8, 4, 8, 4, 8, 4, 8, 4, 8, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 66 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 1 corinthians 1 23
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