Analysis of My First Love
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Forgive me Father, for I have sinned,
In oh so many ways.
Without your mercy, grace and love,
I wouldn’t be here today.
I love the LORD; for he heard my voice.
He heard my cry for mercy.
Because he turned his ear to me,
I will go to him when I’m thirsty.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst,
For righteousness, says the LORD.
For they will surely be filled again;
And I’ll be their great reward.
Seal up the word; you’ll harden your heart.
Just find new ways to explore it.
Because when you do, you’ll find a hope that’s new
And the love that first made you adore it!
Scheme | XXXX XAAA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 011101111 011101 01110101 111101 110111111 1111110 01111111 111111110 11111001 1100101 111101101 0111101 110111011 11111011 01111110111 0011111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 586 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on September 06, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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