Analysis of BELL TOLLS
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
It's said a journey of a thousand miles
Just starts with a single step
Give the world your brightest smiles
Knowing inside you've only wept
Does the world end with a whimper or a bang
Don't know whom the bell tolls, only that it rang
I've seen the signs of the time, up I look
The seasons change faster every day
Nothing's new, Solomon says in his book
As violence rises, I'll just fall and pray
Hear the Devil roar, as he rages at the skies
I raise my hands Lord, and lift my eyes
The world is burning, an altar of fire
The nations rage, but He told us they will
Jesus show us to follow your desire
Lead us to the foot of Calvary's hill
The World rages in the grip of dark delight
Help me Jesus, to shine the World Your Light
Now I don't know, how our journey ends
Don't know what trials and toils were yet to find
I'm no prophet, and I can't see round the bend
But I'm found, I was lost, I see and once was blind
As our road darkens, I seek my Savior's Face
For we are all saved, by amazing Grace
Every journey ends, the same way it will start
A step to start, and then a final step
Oh my brethren, hold Jesus in your heart
Race and youll see, every promise He's kept
The end is a whimper, maybe a bang I can't see
When the bell tolled was it for me…or for thee
AMEN.
Scheme | ABACDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ XKXKLL MBMCNNX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010101 1110101 1011101 10011101 10111010101 11101110111 1101101111 0101101001 1011001011 11001011101 101011110101 111110111 01110110110 0101111111 10111101010 11101111 01100011101 1110110111 1111110101 11110010111 11100111101 111111110111 11011111101 1111110101 100101011111 0111010101 1110110011 10111001011 0110101001111 10111111111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,290 |
Words | 265 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
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