Analysis of Keep Your Faith
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Where does one go.
When traveling on a long dead-end road.
Where does one go.
And running out of gas.
Much too fast!
Where does one go.
Not to have a map.
Or no one to ask.
Where should they go...
To find the nearest opened road.
Already passed not to know it missed!
These are times that come to depend on Jesus.
These are times that come to depend on God!
Where does one go.
When faith to keep it,
Leaves them in despair.
Where does one go.
Where does one go.
Where does one go.
These are times,
One should depend on Jesus.
These are the times,
One should depend on the Lord!
Faith to keep,
Seldom will leave the believer.
Faith to keep it,
With more there to spare.
And these are the times,
One should depend on Jesus.
These are the times,
To come to depend on God!
Faith to keep,
Never leaves one alone.
No matter the times to come.
Depend on Jesus.
Keep your faith.
Never to abandon.
Faith to keep.
Never to abandon.
Keep your faith.
In the Lord!
No matter what comes,
And tries to take your peace away.
Keep your faith.
Never to abandon.
Faith to keep.
Never to abandon...
In the Lord!
| Scheme | AbAxx Axxab x cd AefAAA gCGh Ixef gCGd Ix xcJKIKJH xxJKIKH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1100101111 1111 010111 111 1111 11101 11111 1111 11010101 010111111 11111101110 1111110111 1111 11111 11001 1111 1111 1111 111 1101110 1101 1101101 111 10110010 1111 11111 01101 1101110 1101 1110111 111 101101 1100111 01110 111 101010 111 101010 111 001 11011 01111101 111 101010 111 101010 001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,101 |
| Words | 269 |
| Sentences | 39 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 1, 2, 6, 4, 4, 4, 2, 8, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 48 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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