Analysis of The Game is Over

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Lord, I’ll put my trust in You,
You call them the way You see them.
Your vision is not impaired by sin,
So, I know that You can free them!

Your decisions are all right and just,
Whether safe or out at the plate.
My mind says go but my heart says stay,
So, for You here now I’ll wait!

I will not run on the pitch this time,
And get thrown out at second base.
Because I want to make it home,
And there to see Your face!

I want to hear the angels cheer,
As You call me safe; not out,
I want to see the wicked disappear,
When You give that mighty shout!

And when I see them file out,
To go the way, they are going.
Then I’ll be standing here with You!
As the final score is showing!


Scheme ABXB XCXC XDXD EFEF FGAG
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111101 11101111 110110111 11111111 101011101 10111101 111111111 1111111 111110111 01111101 01111111 011111 11110101 1111111 111101001 1111101 0111111 11011110 11110111 10101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 688
Words 166
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Written on February 06, 2008

Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 09, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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