Analysis of Perfection
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Perfection is perfect protection
Not protection from anything that might harm you
But binding up the wounds when you have been injured
And making you stronger and better in the end
Than you were in the beginning
In the name of Jesus!
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101010 10101101111 110101111110 010110010001 11000010 001110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 233 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Written on March 31, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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