Analysis of War Cry



Hear the war cry.
We are marching.
We will praise your name.

Storm is a brewing.
The whirlwind is churning.
Waters are flooding.
Shaking and quaking.

Holy Spirit hit us.
The dancing begins.
Dry bones ratting.
Raising the dead.


Scheme XAX AAAA XXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 1110 11111 11010 01110 10110 10010 101011 01001 111 1001
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 234
Words 51
Sentences 12
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 4
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 59
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Written on October 19, 2022

Submitted by WENDYMAY on October 19, 2022

Modified on March 09, 2023

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