Analysis of Sky School
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
As I lie by a quiet stream
And drifting off I start to dream
My mind floats on the whispering water
Into the lake of yes, I could sir
With God all things are possible
If you go to his castle school
They teach the truth in that institution
And won’t put up with the evolution
A theory that was based on lies
Because they can’t get God to die
We took the bible out of schools
Replaced it with a lie for fools
A little insect woke me up
I watched it climb into my cup
And as it drank I heard it shout
The truth again! Go on get out
| Scheme | AABB XXCC XXDD EEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11110101 01011111 1111010010 010111111 11111100 11111101 110101010 011110010 01011111 01111111 11010111 1110111 0101111 11110111 01111111 01011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 535 |
| Words | 115 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on October 28, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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