Analysis of Stained
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Revenge will never satisfy
But love is in the Father’s eye
And although you may try and try
Without true love you’ll surely die
You cannot get enough of this
But always it’s “just one more kiss”
His loving arms you won’t dismiss
Because it’s there you find true bliss
And everything I can remember
As messed up as it all may be
I cannot blame this on my Father
He did the best He could for me
O Father wash me once again
I call to you my one true friend
I never could deny you LORD
The price you paid I can’t afford
| Scheme | AAAA BBBB CDCD XXEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010 11100101 0111101 01111101 11010111 1111111 11011101 01111111 01011010 11111111 110111110 11011111 11011101 11111111 11010111 01111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 534 |
| Words | 108 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Written on June 02, 2012
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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