Analysis of Fire Flies
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
It’s 22 for me and you
We’ll always be together
We’ll take to flight true sons of light
Like angels without feathers
They fly so far; they shine like stars
The brightest in the heavens
They do what’s best; they’ve come to rest
In Jesus’ holy presence
Without a chair they worship there
Their bodies don’t grow tired
There is no blood left in the mud
Their dates do not expire
| Scheme | XXX XXXX XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 111010 11111111 1100110 11111111 0100010 11011111 0101010 01011101 1101110 11111001 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 391 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on October 14, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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