Analysis of TAKE YE NOW
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
TAKE YE NOW
We dance admist the fire
Around the walls of pride
Temptations rise us higher
Too many sins to hide
Devil hisses, the world dance
Screams, smoke, images entice
World's dying, it's only chance
Men tremble and flee like mice
Pounding drums, dancing flute
Even a Georgian fiddle plays
Bet our souls, Devil's loot
As we face the final days
But,and listen close
The song's way off key
Time's near, ole devil knows
Our chains break free
Many, to the music lost
Never see the sign
Dance right past the Cross
No fools like seeing blind
I…I won't dance any more
For the songs naught but pain
I turn instead to the door
Open it, and Heaven gain.
This day, the devils dance
Soon he too will bow
So take ye now this chance
Confess Jesus Lord now
AMEN
| Scheme | A BCBC DEDE FGFG XHXH XXXX IJIJ DADAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (37%) |
| Metre | 111 111010 010111 0101110 110111 1010011 1110001 1101101 1100111 101101 10010101 1101101 1110101 1101 01111 111101 10111 1010101 10101 11101 111101 1111101 101111 1101101 1010101 110101 11111 111111 011011 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 760 |
| Words | 151 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”[a] I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2
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