Analysis of From a Distant Land He Comes
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
You’ll be going where you’re looking
If you don’t watch where you’re going
And taking it to heart is more
Than only merely knowing
No one ever jumped out
Of a fresh clear flowing spring
Into a muddy river
Just so they could wash their thing
The flesh it counts for nothing
It was made so it could perish
But when His Spirit lives inside
That’s something you should cherish
The man who comes to see this way
Will never be ashamed
Not guilty is God’s verdict
As he praises Jesus’ name
Scheme | AAXA XAXA ABXB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11101110 11111110 01011111 1101010 111011 1011101 0101010 1111111 0111110 11111110 11110101 1101110 01111111 110101 1101110 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on July 09, 2011
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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