Analysis of Be Still

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



PSALM 37:7
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
Do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
When they carry out their wicked schemes.

The wheels on the bus go round and round
Though all the children gone
And though we have no answer
Yet we still must carry on
How great the price we’ve paid
For all our unbelief and scorn
Because we did not listen
To the words the LORD had warned
He told us to seek Him first
And never turn away
But here we stand in unbelief
Upon the Judgment Day

ZECHARIAH 2:13
Be still before the LORD, all mankind,
because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

PSALM 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”


Scheme AXXX XXBXXXXXXCXC BXX AXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1 1101010110011 1111101011 111011101 011011101 110101 0111110 1111101 110111 1110101 0111110 1010111 1111111 010101 111101 010101 1 110101111 0111101111010 1 11011111 11101001010 111010001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 731
Words 155
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 12, 3, 4
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 142
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Written on July 20, 2010

Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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