Analysis of He Gave His Only Son for Us
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Why do you take a shine to me?
And look at me with love
I have not done a single thing
That I can conceive of
What is this man that You
Should lavish on him all Your grace
And give him hope that he
Might one day see You face to face
And not just that but when he does
That he shall be like You
And welcomed in Your kingdom
As Your son You always knew
God when has there ever been
A Father such as You
Your promises all come to be
They’re faithful and they’re true
You shine Your light down on us
And we worship at Your feet
And one day we are confident
That in the air we’ll meet
The love of the Lord knows no boundaries
| Scheme | ABXB CDAD XCXC XCAC XEXE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110111 011111 11110101 111011 111111 11011111 011111 11111111 01111111 111111 0100110 111111 1111101 010111 11001111 110011 1111111 0110111 01111100 100111 0110111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 631 |
| Words | 139 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on December 03, 2012
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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