Analysis of A Warning
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Jump in the Word at the deep end first
And make your way to the surface
Then swim to the shallow end
While searching for your purpose
This pool does not close at dusk
But opens up at dawn
And when you jump in and swim
You’ll see what’s going on
Don’t seal up the Word!
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100110111 01111010 1110101 1101110 1111111 110111 0111001 110101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Written on October 05, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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