Analysis of Recompense
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
The righteous come and the righteous go
But they don’t flitter to and fro
They go where the LORD commands
And they know what the Lord demands
God holds them in his loving arms
He’s guarding them; they won’t be harmed
They only seek to do his will
Because he’s the One who pays the bills
And he will pay The Susans too
Because he just loves all of you
All righteous labor earns a profit
And you don’t have to try to stop it
It will cease all by itself
And when it does you’ll have your health
| Scheme | AABB XXXX CCXX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010100101 1111101 1110101 01110101 11101101 11011111 11011111 011011101 0111011 01111111 110101010 011111111 1111101 01111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 506 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on February 08, 2022
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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