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
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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