Analysis of Truth in Love
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Sometimes I need to hear from You
And nothing else on earth will do
Lord, make the world go away
So I will not be led astray
Destroy the works of poison tongues
And rip the air out of their lungs
Their lies uproot the weak and poor
And all their words I do abhor
Lord, when You look at me today
I hope You’ll smile and this I pray:
Our testimony will not fail
And all of those who are in jail
Will have their bonds and chains be broken
By all the words that You have spoken!
| Scheme | AABBCCDEBBFFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111111 01011111 1101101 11111101 01011101 01011111 11010101 01111101 11111101 11110111 10100111 01111101 111101110 110111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 476 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 371 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Written on April 28, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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