Analysis of Connect the Dots

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Now is the time when nations rise
To fight against our God.
The foolish men of all the earth
Rebel and feel His rod.

If judgment starts with His own sons;
Then what of the ungodly?
Who could have saved the wicked
From destroying their own bodies?

The peace of God was meant for men.
But most of them reject it.
They do not join the points of light;
Their picture is unconnected.

The message of this poem is made
Unclear to those who fall.
Predestined for destruction;
They’ll remain outside the wall.


Scheme XAXA XXXX XXXX XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 11011101 1101101 01011101 100111 11011111 1110010 1111010 10101110 01111111 1111011 11110111 1101010 010111011 011111 101010 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 505
Words 107
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on September 02, 2009

Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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