Analysis of Spending Time in the Word



One day while I was in the Word
He took me to a place
Where I could see His feet and legs
His chest but not His face

Two Spirits came out from Him
On my left and on my right
At once they overwhelmed me
But they did not come to fight

They jumped into my arms
All I could do was hold on tight
There was no darkness in them
Only precious Holy Light

I felt the joy of being home
And that I can’t deny
As I was spinning like a top
And then began to fly

There’s nothing on this earth
To which I’d like it or compare
But when I came back down
I was still sitting in my chair

Oh, but that I could pray
That everyone would spend
Time with Jesus every day!


Scheme XAXA XBXB XBXB XCXC XDXD EXE
Poetic Form
Metre 11111001 111101 11111101 111111 1101111 1110111 111011 1111111 110111 11111111 1111001 1010101 11011101 011101 11110101 010111 110111 11111101 111111 11110011 111111 11011 11101001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 657
Words 145
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on July 20, 2011

Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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