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 |
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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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