Analysis of FAITH OVER FEAR
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
FAITH OVER FEAR
Down to the bottom of my hope
How much farther can I fall?
Disaster sown right off the scope
Debris of dreams surrounds us all
Is there a way out of here?
Can Faith be found inside fear?
Trouble plagues me on every side
I try to find the joy, but it eludes
I'm crushed by the collapse of pride
In my despair the Devil slyly concludes
That there's no way outta here
Faith will never be found in fear.
Lord! Why does darkness persist!
Why does it press from every side?
I stand firm, I stubbornly resist
I stand among the shrapnel of pride
Why can't I find a way outta here?
Can my Faith ever overcome my fear?
No more!I fall down to my knees
No more, I turn at last to the Cross
Oh Jesus please hear my pleas
I'm tired of being fear tossed
Lord please lift me up from here
Let my Faith crush my fear
Now I stand, in Christ I am secure
And darkness flees the rising light
His Blood washes me and I'm pure
My troubles are minor in His Might
And truly I can see from here
The Light of Faith outsides fear
AMEN
Scheme | A BCBCDA EFEFDA GEGEDA HXHXDA IJIJDAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11010111 1110111 01011101 01110111 1101111 1111011 101111001 1111011101 11100111 01010101001 1111101 11101101 1111001 111111001 111110001 110101011 111101101 111101011 1111111 111111101 1101111 11011011 1111111 111111 111011101 01010101 11101011 110110011 01011111 0111111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,030 |
Words | 220 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever. They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes. Psalms 112 6-8
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