Analysis of Reach for the Sky
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Two by two the bikes go through
The riders in their colors
And God still seated on His throne
He gives His light to others
He sent His Son to give us life
So, we could truly live it
The One and Only light of men
So, we could be forgiven
How great the Christ child’s love for us?
He gave His life as ransom
Redeeming us from lives of sin
That ate us up like cancer
The sunshine gleaming off the chrome
They still go riding through
The gate’s been opened up for them
So, we could see it too
| Scheme | ABXB XXXX XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1110111 0100110 01110111 1111110 11111111 1111011 01010111 1111010 11011111 1111110 01011111 1111110 0110101 111101 01110111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 495 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on June 18, 2012
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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