Analysis of Reverent Fear
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Do not steal and do not lie
And do not murder or else you’ll die
Sexual perversion will kill you too
Many have known adulteress shrews
The whore mongers and all the dogs
Will all be croaking; not like frogs
And all the covetous will be raped
The sorcerers will not escape
The disobedient will rebel
With most of them cast into hell
| Scheme | AAXB BBXX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1110111 011101111 1000101111 101111 01100101 11110111 0101111 01001101 00100110 11111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 335 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Written on December 17, 2012
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 03, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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