Analysis of The Hand of God

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



In fortified bunkers,
Buried deep underground,
From well lighted rooms,
Came a curious sound.

The sound of machines,
Making plans by themselves,
For destroying mankind,
But without a man’s help.

It was already finished,
But they just didn’t know it.
Though the land was destroyed,
They were too far below it.

They had no way of knowing,
The men were all gone.
The destruction was sudden,
And the power left on.

Though tormented by sin,
They all claimed to have dug it.
I could see that they did,
I reached out to unplug it!


Scheme XAXA XXXX XBXB XXXX XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Etheree  (35%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 01010 10110 11101 101001 01101 101101 101011 101011 1101010 111111 101101 1011011 1111110 01011 0010110 001011 11011 1111111 111111 1111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 531
Words 117
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Written on May 14, 2008

Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 06, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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