Analysis of WHEN THE FIRE STARTS TO BURN
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
WHEN THE FIRE STARTS TO BURN
You've run for so long
Somehow you're always wrong
Where ya gonna turn
When the fire starts to burn?.
You've fallen the long fall
In it for the long haul
Gonna reach the other end
But can't see around the bend
Hear the Voice in the breeze
Heed the Call in the trees
'Cause its too late to learn
When the fire starts to burn
The way is long, the road is steep
Can't stop; won't ever sleep
See the smoke up in the hills
The only cure for all our ills
Hear the Voice that forgives
See the Savior who always lives
Touch the Hand for which you'll yearn
When the fire starts to burn
Turn around and face the past
Or run ahead and feel the blast
Of the heat of a raging fire
The flames are rising ever higher
Through the ash See the face
Of the Holy Risen Grace
We'll never have to earn
When the fire starts to burn
Burning deep in our soul
Turning to steal the show
All of our hopes made real
The God of Chosen Israel
Chose now;reach out
Push aside all doubt
Doncha know it's too late to learn
When the fire starts to burn
You're never gonna learn
'Till the fire starts to burn
AMEN
Scheme | A bbaA ccddeeaA ffgghhaA iijjkkaA xxxxllaA aax |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1010111 11111 1111 11101 1010111 110011 011011 1010101 1110101 101001 101001 111111 1010111 01110111 111101 1011001 010111101 101101 1010111 1011111 1010111 1010101 11010101 101101010 011101010 101101 1010101 110111 1010111 1010101 101101 1110111 01110100 111 10111 1111111 1010111 110101 1010111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,117 |
Words | 236 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. EZEKIEL 36 26
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