Analysis of Tribulation of Richard
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
The truth of Abel is a lidocaine
But you can’t even numb the pain
The truth is I can’t stop my brain
The pain is making me insane
I want to scream and thrash about
But I can’t even let it out
My tears now rolling like a stream
I only want to cry and scream
O Lord please help me; hear my prayer
The discipline is just and fair
But don’t leave me here in despair
Help me Father. In Jesus name, Amen.
| Scheme | AAAA BBCC DDDA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 01110101 11110101 01111111 01110101 11110101 11110111 11110101 11011101 11111111 01001101 11111001 1110010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 408 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on July 08, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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