Analysis of When Faith Meets Works
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
You tell me all about what you think
And I’ll tell you about who I know
I’ll tell you all about Jesus Christ
And the way He wants you to go
If you tell me all about His mother, Mary
And about all the saints that you pray to
I’ll tell you to look into the things that I say
And find out if they really are true
If you tell me you don’t have time for these things
I’ll ask you: What do you have time for?
If you tell me your religion is all that you need
We’ll both know you have nothing to work for!
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111101111 011101111 111101101 00111111 111110111010 0011011111 111110101111 011111011 11111111111 111111111 1111101011111 1111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 512 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Written on November 02, 2007
Submitted by dawg4jesus on January 13, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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