Analysis of Speak the Truth

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



When you walk in the shoes of man;
The souls keep getting thinner.
And you can’t put your trust in them;
When summer turns to winter.

The worldly things you think are true,
Are often just deceptions.
That’s why you need a filter,
To improve your depth perception!

Take off your shoes and walk on holy ground
To find the answer!
Don’t let a lie destroy your heart.
Consuming you like cancer!

I saw a tree cut down and hollowed out
As I was walking.
And yet from it new branches sprout.
It wasn’t finished talking.

Though it was left for dead along the bank
Of some old creek
The waters woke it up again
And now it wants to speak.


Scheme XAXA XXAX XAXA BCBC XDXD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (25%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11100111 0111010 01111101 1101110 01011111 1101010 1111010 10111010 1111011101 11010 11010111 0101110 1101110101 11110 01111101 111010 1111110101 1111 01011101 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 640
Words 139
Sentences 11
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) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on March 21, 2010

Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 12, 2022

Modified on March 24, 2023

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