Analysis of In The New Year
Robert Catron 1963 (Kansas)
Soon it will be the coming of the new year,
You look back on your life and the memories are clear.
You look at your life and decide some things need to change,
You look to the Lord and ask Him to start to rearrange.
You wonder what to keep and wonder what to leave behind,
The Lord begins to take over changing the thoughts in your mind.
The old you will be gone - and the new you will take control,
With the Lord in charge He holds the destiny of your soul.
He knows what's best for you for the Lord knows your heart,
He will turn your life around if you give Him a chance to start.
So if you're down about the start of another new year,
Just let the Lord take over and He will get your life in the right gear!
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEEAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101011 1111110010011 111110111111 1110101111101 11011101011101 010111101001011 01111100111101 10101110100111 111111101111 111110111110111 11110101101011 11011100111110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 711 |
| Words | 158 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 550 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 147 |
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A page from my life.
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