Analysis of Reach Out

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



The smell in the locker room comes from the team
The boys all need showers to make themselves clean
The stockings they wore will be thrown in a bin
To be washed here tonight but they ought to burn them

The steam from the shower room helps with the smell
But a little deodorant just might help as well

Reach out and touch me after the game
When the fans have all left just the goal posts remain
They stand on the field as a solemn reminder
That the game can be shortened and so can our time here

Reach out and touch me when you need a friend
We’ll go see my Father! You’ll win in the end.


Scheme XXXX AA XXXX BB
Poetic Form
Metre 01001011101 01111011011 01011111001 111101111111 01101011101 1010010011111 110111001 101111101101 111011010010 10111100111011 1101111101 11111011001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 594
Words 122
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Written on October 13, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 27, 2022

Modified on March 16, 2023

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