Analysis of Slow and Steady
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Do you know the speed,
At which you eat,
Affects your own digestion?
So, make it slow and indiscreet
Avoid the indigestion.
The Word of God is faithful
And it’s there to see you through!
So, don’t go rushing through it!
Like you’ve got something to prove.
| Scheme | XAB ABXX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 1111 0111010 11110001 010010 0111110 0111111 1111011 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 263 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Written on August 19, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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