Analysis of Intimate

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



When I gaze into your deep dark eyes,
I find the answers to all my whys,
My what’s, my when’s, my where’s, my whose,
It seems they’re all contained in You.

O Lord I want to be wholly Yours,
And rest my ship on your sandy shores.
Now Jesus before you here I stand,
And still I’m just a sinful man.

I’m praying dear Lord please make me new,
You can see I only want to be with You.
Now my heart in my hands I open the door,
Come dwell with me Lord, the decision is Yours.

Send Your Holy spirit to live in me,
For it’s only You Lord, who can set me free.


Scheme AAXB CXXX BBXC DD
Poetic Form
Metre 111011111 110101111 10111111 11110101 111111101 011111101 110011111 01110101 110111111 11111011111 11101111001 11111001011 1110101101 11101111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 567
Words 132
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Written on August 05, 2005

Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 15, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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