Analysis of Forget About Lusts

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



There’s only One God that I know!
His nation has no flag.
His people walk until they die!
Their feet they never drag.

If only more would seek Him out;
Their goal to see His face,
Then sorrow would not rule their lives.
On earth they’d see His grace.

But how can I get through to those,
With hearts as cold as stone?
When I start to tell the truth;
They say: Leave me alone!

Alone is where they’ll someday be!
My God is true and just!
If they would just accept His love,
They would forget about their lusts!


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XXXB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 11011111 110111 11010111 111101 11011111 111111 11011111 111111 11111111 111111 1111101 111101 0111111 111101 11110111 11010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 515
Words 118
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on September 03, 2009

Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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