Analysis of This is True
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
My Father all your ways are right
You always tuck me in at night
I think about your Word all day
Please help me always there to stay
For when I’m dwelling in your house
I’m often quiet as a mouse
And when you part my lips to speak
Your children hear the Truth and seek
The peace that guards my heart and mind
And when they do, your love they find
It’s then I fly on eagle’s wings
And never want for anything
Who could love me like you do?
There is no other One. It’s true!
| Scheme | AA BB CC DDEE XX FF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 1111011 11011111 1111111 11110011 11010101 01111111 11010101 01111101 01111111 11111101 0101110 1111111 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 487 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Written on December 12, 2012
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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