Analysis of Children Without a Mother
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
You think you have a license
Because you’ve been forgiven;
That you can do just as you please
And call it Christian living.
I’ve got bad news for you my friend,
The gospel doesn’t say that.
The good news says keep yourself pure,
Cause you don’t wear a white hat.
You’re not a good guy riding in,
To come and save the day.
And if you’re disobedient,
Then you’ll have hell to pay!
So, if you hate your brother
And you’re seeking just to use him.
Remember God is watching,
As you sexually abuse him!
When you’ve taken all his money
And you leave him for another.
Your children call you prostitute
And don’t see you as mother.
Scheme | XXXA XBXB XCXC DEAE XDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1111010 0111010 11111111 0111010 11111111 010111 01111011 1111011 11011100 110101 0110100 111111 1111110 01101111 0101110 111000011 11101110 01111010 1101110 0111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 646 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on September 08, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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