Analysis of April

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



The fourth month is the best of all;
It welcomes change and growth.
As bitter coldness fades away,
I look to my new host!

New flowers, sunshine, rain and tears,
They’re all part of the season.
I cry for Jesus, pray to God,
And thank him I’m the reason.

The reason that he came to earth?
To pay for my transgressions!
And now before the judgment seat,
Of Christ, the court’s in session.

The righteous die, they’re swept away,
Still no heart ever ponders.
The mercy in the justice,
Of our God who never wanders!


Scheme XXAX XBXB XXXB ACXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 01110111 110101 11010101 111111 1101101 1111010 11110111 0111010 01011111 1111010 01010101 1101010 01011101 1111010 0100010 110111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 520
Words 113
Sentences 9
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) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on September 07, 2009

Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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