Analysis of Just a Kid

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Come on my son, why do you worry?
Don’t you know the truth?
I told you many years ago
While you were still a youth

Remember when you called to me
At twilight in the field?
Remember how I told you
That your wounds would all be healed?

I said that it would be OK!
You took me at my Word.
And though you never saw my form
My voice was clearly heard

That night you went back to your home
With such a sense of peace
You knew that you could call to me
And I’d be there at least

But that’s not what I want for you
For you’ll have an abundance
When you see what I have for you
Then I will see your Son dance

A rain dance won’t be necessary
I’ll wipe away all your tears
I’ll take away your adversaries
And with them all your fears

Praise our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
Let all creation praise him! AMEN


Scheme ABXB ACDC XEXE XXAX DXDX AXXX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111110 11101 11110101 110101 01011111 11001 0101111 1111111 11111111 111111 01110111 111101 11111111 110111 11111111 011111 11111111 1111010 11111111 1111111 01111100 1101111 11011100 011111 1101010101 110101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 818
Words 177
Sentences 8
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on September 16, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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