Analysis of WAIT, DID I SAY...
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
WAIT, DID I SAY…?
Did I say a word to you
As you walked away?
I don't know what to do
Or the right things to say
And words seem to escape
Right from my very lips
Wrap my words in tape
And still the meaning slips
What I meant to say…
What I tried to show…
And you just walk away
Before you even know
A poet should have a word
Right there ready to convey
But still you never heard
Just what I have to say
But these words aren't mine
The words I have to say
Yet they come quickly I find
When I stop to pray
Now I tell you of the Cross
An which Jesus hung for you
Dying to save all the lost
Redeeming us from all we do
But He wasn't held by death
He rose up from where He lay
Let me catch my breath
I've said what I had to say
My friend bow and think today
Of what Jesus did for you
And if you still walk away
I've done as I was told to
AMEN
Scheme | ABABA CDCD AEAE FAFA XAXA XBXB GAGA ABABX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1110111 11101 111111 101111 011101 111101 11101 010101 11111 11111 011101 011101 0101101 1110101 111101 111111 111101 011111 1111011 11111 1111101 1110111 1011101 01011111 1110111 1111111 11111 1111111 1110101 1110111 0111101 1111111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 857 |
Words | 200 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. Mark13:11
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