Analysis of Sign; Hear

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



The fear of the Lord is not a joke
My flesh trembles for fear of you
And I am afraid of your judgments!

I fear you Father because you are strong
And not just in reverence, in that I’m not wrong
Only a fool would not fear my God
To the back of a fool he’ll deliver a rod

The postman is here and he’s looking for you
So, get out your stamps the postage is due
You can be delivered, but oh what a price
You better believe that he won’t pay it twice

A good little boy down the street pulls his wagon
He delivers the letters; his feet are not dragons
He walks up to your house and knocks on the door
If you sign for the package he won’t ask for more

But if you won’t sign it goes back in the wagon
And back up the street and you’ll die with your feet dragging


Scheme XAX BBCC AADD EXFF EX
Poetic Form
Metre 011011101 1111111 011011110 1111001111 011010001111 100111111 101101101001 01011011011 1111101011 11101011101 11001111111 011011011110 1010010111110 11111101101 111101011111 111111110010 0110101111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 772
Words 164
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on September 28, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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