Analysis of Search for Understanding

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



To die in your sleep would be ok, I guess
Its better than murder and all of that mess

It could be on your couch or lying in bed
It could be in a dream with strange thoughts in your head

But what will you see when you wake up again?
Will you be with your loved ones and all of your friends?

If you were wicked; when you stand at the throne
You’ll find anger and darkness and you’ll wake up alone

You could have done a little better
While here on the earth
You could have found Jesus
And had a new birth


Scheme AA BB XX CC XDXD
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111111 11011001111 11111111001 111001111011 11111111101 111111101111 11010111101 1110010011101 111101010 11101 111110 01011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 510
Words 112
Sentences 3
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Written on August 31, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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