Analysis of Hillbilly
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Woe to you O’ mountain
When you call yourself a leader
And say that God appointed you
To go and be his speaker
You claim to have authority
While threatening the sheep
You say if they don’t fall in line
That they will get no sleep
But Jesus, rules them justly
With his mercy and compassion
And every lie that you build up
God will tear down and smash it
| Scheme | ABXB CDXD CAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 111110 11101010 01110101 1101110 11110100 110001 11111101 111111 1101110 11100010 010011111 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 358 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on April 06, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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