Analysis of Learning to Listen
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
We lift our hands and lift our hearts to have the mind of Christ.
What’s up Doc? The rabbit said.
To make light of his Host.
But when he did he fell right there
Before the Holy Ghost.
The clouds lit up; the sky retreats.
It rolled back like a scroll.
The rabbit fearing for his life
Jumped back into his hole.
He did not fear the arrows.
He would not run from guns.
He did not fear the Lord of Hosts.
Until he met his Son!
The Word of God reached in the hole
And grabbed him by the ears.
He snatched him up and showed him God.
It taught him how to hear!
Scheme | X XAXA XBXB XXXX BXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101101110111 0110101 111111 11111111 010101 01110101 111101 01010111 110111 1111010 111111 11110111 011111 01111001 011101 11110111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 559 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on March 17, 2017
Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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