Analysis of Let’s go Drinking

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



The joy of your presence fills my heart
Whenever you draw near
Your presence comes; my fear subsides
Because you see me here

Between Kadesh and Bered
Lies a well out in the desert
I often go to drink from it
Because it brings me pleasure

The well is deep; the water pure
It gives me time to think
I think of all the things you’ve done
And take another drink

Beer Lahai Roi is not another craft concoction
And you can’t find it in a pub
Its never sold at auctions

So, when I want to go out drinking
I jump in my car
Because I’m going to the well
And not some dingy bar


Scheme AXXX AXXX XBCB CXX XDXD
Poetic Form
Metre 011110111 010111 11011101 011111 01101 10110010 11011111 0111110 01110101 111111 11110111 010101 111110101010 01111001 1101110 111111110 11011 01110101 011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 577
Words 120
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on March 21, 2022

Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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