Analysis of Being Taught by Sinners
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I found today as I began to pray
I’ve been deceived again
I’ve been deceived because I believed
What I was told by men
I believed I was being selfish
If I asked the Lord to come quickly
That I only prayed because I was saved
And forgot about the sickly
I believed the lie thinking they would die
If the Lord didn’t wait awhile longer
Forgetting the word that I had heard
The Lord wants to make us stronger
All men are only sinners and I’m just a beginner
In listening to the Lord
So, don’t forget what you have known
And all the things that you were shown
While searching out His Word
| Scheme | XAXA XBXBXCDC CXEED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110111 110101 110101101 111111 101111010 111011110 1110101111 00101010 1010110111 101110110 010011111 01111110 11110100110010 0100101 11011111 01011101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 598 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Written on April 04, 2013
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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