Analysis of A Chosen People
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
The one hundred forty-four thousand go up
The rest of the saints remain
They said that they wouldn’t be here this time
But still they can’t complain
They won’t have to try to learn a new song
Or stand on the top of the mountain
But if they are faithful to die in the Lord
They’ll still get to drink from the fountain
They all washed their robes in the Blood of the Lamb
And made them as white as snow
Up out of the great tribulation they came
And now into heaven they go
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01101011011 0110101 111111111 111101 1111111011 111011010 11111011001 111111010 11111001101 0111111 1110101011 01011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 480 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Written on November 18, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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