Analysis of BELIEVE in the TRUTH

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Faith is what I know is Truth
It’s real and I can see it
I ask for what God tells me to
Believe and I receive it

The hidden things belong to God
I don’t ask how or why
I just try to do what is right
The Scriptures do not lie


Scheme XAXA XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111111 1101111 11111111 0101011 01010111 111111 11111111 010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 229
Words 53
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on July 08, 2014

Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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