#508: As Rain from the Clouds
Oct. 3rd, 2019 09:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsHow's the Shannon density?
Pretty low. There are eight lines, but 4+ of them are the same for all three verses. (Some lines only differ by one word.) This would be a funny one to actually compute repetition ratio for (don't worry, I'll spare you) because in some places it's just "three words in the same line, and then the stuff in between changes." Despite this, it manages to take up two pages, which is kind of rare, because the music is longer-than-average and not that repetitive.
What about the text?
It's a fairly loose adaptation of the parable of the sower, I think--in the Bible story, the sower sows lots of seed (spreading the word), but it doesn't take root or last long in inhospitable environments (people). This is a somewhat more cheerful account which focuses on the "good seed" and envisioning God as taking a more active gardening role in nourishing our faith.
Pretty low. There are eight lines, but 4+ of them are the same for all three verses. (Some lines only differ by one word.) This would be a funny one to actually compute repetition ratio for (don't worry, I'll spare you) because in some places it's just "three words in the same line, and then the stuff in between changes." Despite this, it manages to take up two pages, which is kind of rare, because the music is longer-than-average and not that repetitive.
What about the text?
It's a fairly loose adaptation of the parable of the sower, I think--in the Bible story, the sower sows lots of seed (spreading the word), but it doesn't take root or last long in inhospitable environments (people). This is a somewhat more cheerful account which focuses on the "good seed" and envisioning God as taking a more active gardening role in nourishing our faith.
