Analysis of What Do You See?

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



I am looking at someone who looks just like me
From her head to her toes she’s a little dirty
She needs to be washed to get rid of her stains
If she opens her mind I just might wash her brains

I also see someone who is stuck on the phone
They don’t have time to talk so I’ll leave them alone

And I also see someone who fell on the floor
So, I picked them back up and I opened the door
I told them what Jesus was doing for me
And they asked me sir; how can we be set free?

I told them call Jesus you won’t need a phone
He’ll come and he’ll save you and he’ll take you back home!


Scheme AABB CC DDAA CX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111111 101101101010 11111111101 111001111101 11011111101 111111111101 01101111101 111111011001 11111011011 01111111111 11111011101 110111011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 594
Words 130
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on October 13, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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