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Reverent Fear

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)

Do not steal and do not lie
And do not murder or else you’ll die
Sexual perversion will kill you too
Many have known adulteress shrews

The whore mongers and all the dogs
Will all be croaking; not like frogs
And all the covetous will be raped
The sorcerers will not escape

The disobedient will rebel
With most of them cast into hell
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Written on December 17, 2012

Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXB BBXX XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 335
Words 65
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2
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