Analysis of Sing with a Broken Heart
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Every word of the Lord is true
It happened to them and it happens to you
When he spoke, he wasn’t joking
If he said you’ll die you will
Just once at the time you’re appointed
The second depends on your bill
God sent his Son to pay for it all
If you won’t take the payment
You will take the fall
See! The winter is past;
The rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth;
The season of singing has come.
| Scheme | AABCDCEFEGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100110111 11011011011 1111110 1111111 111011010 01001111 111111111 1111010 11101 101011 0111001 1001101 01011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 418 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 316 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Written on March 07, 2017
Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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