Analysis of DEAR CHRISTIAN
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
Dear Christian, I've a question for ya now
Do you share His Name, and tell me how
Do you play the world's lying game
Or living to give Glory to His Name?
Is there a different spirit to you,
Shown in every thing ya do?
Dear Christian, what trail are you gonna walk?
Are you actions matching your Holy talk?
Does the world recognize you for its own?
Or do they try to leave you all alone?
Are you warning the world of their peril,
As you walk the straight and narrow?
Dear Christian, are you that bright shiny light,
A beckon in the darkest blackest night?
Can you be seen in a raging crowd
Shouting Jesus name out loud?
Or are you hidden, so none may see
The Lord living in you and me?
Dear Christian, be an epistle of our Lord
Lift His Word as your blazing sword
So the Light shines in a darkened land,
On a Hill the Cross will surely stand
Be the witnesses you are called to be
Breaking the bonds and set the captive free
Dear Christian, He's called you by name
Time to stop playing this world's game
He's lit a fire in you, so go shine brightly
Define the Truth clear and rightly
Be the voice crying in a desolate land,
Come to the Savior's scar torn hand
Dear Christian, follow Him, though all alone,
Come boldly before His Holy throne
Put the Cross before you, and the world behind
Now seeing Truth when you once were blind
You've decided to follow, there's no turning back
My dear Christian, He'll supply whatever you lack
AMEN
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Metre | 1101010111 111110111 11101101 1101110111 1101001011 10100111 1101111101 1110101101 101101111 1111111101 1110011110 11101010 1101111101 0100010101 111100101 1010111 111101111 01100101 110110101101 11111101 101100101 101011101 1010011111 1001010101 11011111 11110111 110100111110 01011010 10110001001 11010111 1101011101 110011101 10101100101 110111101 11011011101 11101011011 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,461 |
Words | 299 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
About this poem
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5 16
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