Analysis of Always Seek God First
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
A man can suffer many things
And yet be left unchanged.
He goes through all the lessons,
Never learning. Isn’t that strange?
Does he not wish to live life well?
And be happy with his lot.
But he fights and kicks against the goads
And never leaves his spot.
He wants to be happy; you know he does.
He’s a lot like you.
Though he has the ability he lacks the wisdom
To know what he should do. Seek God!
| Scheme | AXXX XBAB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 01110101 011101 1111010 1010111 11111111 0110111 111010101 010111 1111101111 10111 1110010011010 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 406 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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