Analysis of Don’t Turn in Haste

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



One turn made in haste in the morning
And that was all she wrote
No one needs a degree in physics
To climb into that boat
The simplest and the brightest
Are often led astray
It’s the way of all halfhearted men
They can’t learn or obey

The wisest and the bravest men
Are those who live for God
At daybreak they all find His peace
And comfort in His Word

So which way do you want to live
In darkness or in light?
The foolish choose the darkness
And the wise men do what’s right


Scheme XAXAXBCB CXXX XDXD
Poetic Form
Metre 111010010 011111 111001010 110111 0100010 110101 10111101 111101 01000101 111111 1111111 010011 11111111 010101 0101010 0011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 483
Words 99
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on July 16, 2009

Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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