Analysis of The Word of God
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
His heart was desperately wicked
He had the mind of a man
He could not find the way to town
Or to finish what he planned
He’s surely not the Son of God
Although that’s what he claimed
He killed as many as he could
And left the others lame
The bodies strewn along the road
Their blood fills up the gutter
The Lord will have the final word
That only he can utter!
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 111100010 1101101 11110111 1110111 11010111 11111 11110111 010101 01010101 1111010 01110101 1101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on September 22, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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