Analysis of NEVER BEFORE
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
Never before have I seen what I've seen
Never before did I know what life could mean
Never before have I basked in Your Light
Never before have I felt so right!
Never before have I met You in Your place
Never before have I gazed upon Your Face
Never before have I bowed in Your Grace
And I'll never go back again
Never stop this journey I begin
Never before, and never again
I didn't know what I missed for so long
I wandered so far Never knowing I was wrong
Living life a weak man, believing I was strong
Sinful man listening to an alien song
Thank You, God, I'm right where I belong
Never before did I know what Glory meant
Never before have I followed where You went
Never before did I see Your Cross of Pain
Never before did I see sacrifice as gain
Victory in death, such a mystery
Victory over death that sets me free
Never before, never again!
Never before have I sought Your place
Never before did I seek Your Face
Never before have I bowed in Your Grace
I was lost before I found You
Blind and I had no clue
I couldn't find a path that was true
I didn't know what to do
Never before, and now I do!
Never before...Never before
I just can't ignore
Never before...Never before
Had I peace in the midst of war
Never before...Never before
I can't go back any more!
I see You on the Cross of wood
My great God so good
Salvation I've had Never before
In all the Love You have in store
Never before did I know I was blind
Never before have I recognized a sign
Never before did I know I needed to be found
Never before has life seemed to abound
Never before have I come to Your place
Never before did I seek Your face
Never before have I bowed in Your Grace
I'll never go back...Never go back...
Never go back again
Never stop this Journey I begin
Never before, Lord, and never again
AMEN
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,831 |
Words | 391 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3, 5, 6, 4, 4, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 52 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them? “From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you. Isiah 48 6
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