Analysis of A Day at the Beach
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Sometimes when I’m sitting and crying alone
I call out to God; but he has no phone
For him every house is a local call
When he knocks on the door he surprises them all
“O my God” they say to him
We didn’t think you’d come back again!
But he told you he would
And he tells you the truth!
At the time that he comes
You’ll be living in booths
He goes to fine houses and knocks on the door
But nobody answers; they left for the shore
They had a good time at the beach all that day
And when they came home He took them away
For good; the party begins and then it ends!
Scheme | AABB XXXX XX CCDD X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01111001001 1111111111 11100110101 111101101011 1111111 11111101 111111 011101 101111 111001 11111001101 111011101 11011101111 0111111101 11010010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 579 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on September 06, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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