Analysis of THE BOASTS OF THE WORLD



THE BOASTS OF THE WORLD

See smoke, the fog of war
Watch the flashes of fire.
Hear the cannons roar
This is the devil's sole desire

Listen to the whistle of war.
And come wars horrible rumors
Bloodshed like never seen before.
The blossom of sin's rotton tumors

Confusion reigns, chaos is king
Free lust they don't hide
This is the ruin of everything
The devil sits on the walls of pride

Fragile pride, destined to fail
And the shrapnel of pride flies
Cuts those He calls out of Hell
 Walk right through the lies

I'll tell you, I'm here just to boast
But I boast of my God, who saves
In my weakness, when I needed Him most
He rescued me making gardens of graves

You boast of yourself, your wall shatters
 I watch your world fall all apart
I boast of Christ, and nothing matters
As His Grace pierces the heart

When I am weak, HE is strong
When I fall, He lifts me high
Evil rages, we don't belong
Yet above all the chaos we fly

And again the boasts of a giant
Mockingly swings his sword
But I have no fear, for I'm relient
On the might and power of my glorious Lord

I hear the enemy, boast, and mock
And the whole world rage that I'll fall
But Jesus, He's my Salvation, my Rock
With a Word He shatters the wall

The world is gonna rant and rage
The fires of war will blaze
But God is our strength, in every age
He's our boast, in even these final days
AMEN


Scheme A BCBC BDBD EFEF XGXG HIHI DJDJ KLKL XMAM NONO PQPQX
Poetic Form
Metre 01101 110111 1010110 10101 110101010 10101011 01110010 1110101 01011110 01011011 11111 11010110 010110111 1011011 0010111 1111111 11101 11111111 11111111 0110111011 1101101011 111011110 11111101 111101010 111101 1111111 1111111 10101101 101101011 001011010 1111 11111111 101010111001 110100101 00111111 1101101011 10111001 01110101 0101111 11110101001 11010101101 01
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,382
Words 281
Sentences 4
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 42
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”[a] For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. 2 Corinthians 10:17-18

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Written on March 14, 2024

Submitted by crucifiedinhim2 on March 14, 2024

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