Analysis of Crossing Jordan
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Only for you we wait only for you,
Come today Lord Jesus make everything new.
Everything in your time, everything in your way,
I’ll trust in you Jesus as I wait here today.
Now by your blood your will be done,
It is from you Lord that I have come.
You make my horizons so bright and so blue,
You’re the One, the true God, I’ll wait only for you.
I must be slow to anger and slow to speak,
Because it’s only you I seek.
To find myself in your awesome form,
I know that I must be reborn.
Oh, the joy and wonder that I’ll embrace,
As I continue to seek your face.
| Scheme | AABB XXAA CCXX DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011111011 1011101101 1001110011 110110111101 11111111 111111111 11101011011 101011111011 11111100111 01110111 11101101 11111111 1010101101 110101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 573 |
| Words | 131 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Written on October 25, 2005
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 16, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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