Analysis of Captive Thoughts
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
You must capture every thought before it can grab you
Sin waits at the door and its waiting to stab you
All the sexual sinning you did in your youth
Is still waiting to grab you and rob you of truth
When those thoughts try to enter to steal you away
Just remember your shame and tell them “No way!”
When you think on these things and the pleasure it brings
Try to come to your senses and remember the sting
Did you really enjoy them or just lust for more?
Perhaps being bound till all you could endure
And what did that get you but sorrow and pain?
Would it not have been better to let truth remain?
| Scheme | AABB CCXX XXDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11101001011111 111010110111 101001011011 111011101111 111111011101 10101101111 111111001011 1111110001001 111001111111 01101111101 01111111001 111111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 605 |
| Words | 124 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Written on January 06, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 31, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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