Analysis of Faith and Obedience
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Where are you going to go?
When it is time to leave this place
When the cloud has lifted
Do you want to see his face?
Will you run on the mountaintops?
Your feet like those of a goat
Will you let God shut you in?
Before the ark starts to float
Or will you stand outside the door
With teardrops in your hands
And raindrops falling from the sky
Denying what God demands?
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111011 11111111 101110 1111111 1111010 1111101 1111110 0101111 11111101 11011 0110101 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on September 19, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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