Analysis of SINS MADNESS
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
Deep in my madness, I was found by God
Lost in darkness, there I found His light
You tell me I'm wrong, that my faith is rather odd
I tell you to listen, His Grace makes me right
But my Salvation is worth any Price
You laugh, mock, you say I'm insane
For to me, for me, to live is Christ
But to die, that is nothing but gain
This life is now live, it's no longer mine
I died the day He found me, so I no longer live
But it's Christ, Lives in me, Him you will find
See in me His Grace, know that He will forgive
The madness of sin quickly fades away
Now I'm made sane, then you say I'm insane
But I know I lived for pride when I was astray
Now pride is broken, my sin was made plain
So here I am, I'm bowing before my King
You shake your head, laugh, walk away
I praise God, you say there's nothing
You're laughing as I bow to pray
I tell you what I see, looking at you
Chains of sin, tightly you are bound
In sin's madness you don't see true
You are Lost, waiting to be found
So I pray, you'll see this Light in me
I pray in madness you'll be found
See this Light, you'll finally see
The chains that you're tightly bound
You laughed, but now you're weeping
You were blind, now you're seeing plain
You're awake, who once were sleeping
Once insane, in Him, life you truly gain
Amen
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,305 |
Words | 275 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. Romans 6:11-14 more »
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