Analysis of Return to God
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Is this the time for you to enjoy
The good weather while it lasts?
I looked all around for righteousness
But I only found a fast
A fast for truth and justice
There was none left in this land
The storm is coming quickly now
A storm brought by God’s hand
He’s much more angry this time
Than he was in times before
My head is bowed but I can’t pray
I only see the floor
“So, do not pray for this people”
This he told me as I listened
Don’t offer up a plea for them
Nor send me their petition
I will not listen to you
I won’t hear the words you say
There’s no one left to be redeemed
All the sheep have gone astray
But tell them to return to me
And I will be their Father
Apart from me there is no God
And earth is not their mother
Who is this Queen of Heaven?
She’s a myth you have created
You worship what your hands have made
And this is what I’ve hated!
Scheme | XXAXABXBXCDC XXXEXDXD XFXF EGXG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101 0110111 111011100 1110101 0111010 1111011 01110101 011111 1111011 1110101 11111111 110101 11111110 11111110 11010111 1111010 1111011 1110111 11111101 1011101 11110111 0111110 01111111 0111110 1111110 10111010 11011111 0111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 876 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 8, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Written on April 15, 2014
Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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