Analysis of IN SIN AND PRIDE



IN SIN AND PRIDE

They say the day the devil fell
Smoke rose to Heaven above
Left a blazing bright trail
As the darkness replaced love
The devil tripped his stride
Living for his sin and pride

I've been found on the mountain
Away from the quiet mumble
Drinking from the living fountain
Learning the lessons of being humble
But I forgot that I can't hide
When I live in my sin and pride

I've seen the smoke of war
Seen men die as rifles speak
Didn't know what we fought for
The path of bullets make us weak
The devil laughed as we killed and died
Paying the price of sin and pride

As the days move by, faster each day
We see giants fall and mountains crumble
When the righteous bow to pray
The prideful fall before the humble
Choose this day, time to decide
Salvation from your sin and pride

They say the day that Salvation came
The  veil in the Temple was torn
Old devil was defeated by Jesus name
As the lost were found, reborn
For we preach Christ crucified
To those lost in sin and pride
Amen


Scheme A XBXBAA CDCDAA EFEFAA GDGDAA HIHIAAX
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 11010101 1111001 101011 101011 010111 1011101 1111010 01101010 10101010 1001011010 11011111 11101101 110111 1111101 1011111 01110111 010111101 10011101 101111011 1110101010 1010111 01101010 111111 01011101 110110101 01001011 11010101101 1010111 111110 1110101 01
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,000
Words 198
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 32

About this poem

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16 18

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Written on March 29, 2024

Submitted by crucifiedinhim2 on March 29, 2024

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