Analysis of Ask #1
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
God, where could I go that
I would not still need you?
For you are my breath and my life.
All that I am is wrapped up in you.
Come and make me your bride.
All dressed in white I’ll wait here for you.
Jesus, come take my life
And I will stand up for you!
You are the Lord Most High.
Yes, you are the Lord Most High;
My God who lives in the sky,
The One who still blows my mind.
Elohim, I bow down before you
And I worship you, because you saved my life!
| Scheme | XABAX ABA CCCX AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 111111 11111011 111111101 101111 110111111 101111 0111111 110111 1110111 1111001 0111111 1111011 01101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 457 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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