Analysis of Rushing Waters
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Left alone I know I’d wander
So that’s why I’m hanging on
Precious Jesus; seven thunders
Speaking to me all night long
With a third wheel not a fourth wheel
In an airplane you can fly
On the ground a motorcycle
You can ride until you die
On a highway or a country road
Crank it up or cruise along
Get a bike that you can count on
Ride and sing a worship song
Left alone I know I’d wander
So that’s why I’m hanging on
Precious Jesus; seven thunders
Speaking to me all night long
| Scheme | ABCD xexe xdbd ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 10111110 1111101 10101010 1011111 10111011 011111 1010100 1110111 10110101 1111101 10111111 1010101 10111110 1111101 10101010 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 492 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on July 14, 2014
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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