Analysis of My Greatest Treasure

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



If you would only once more hold my hand,
Then I could die a happy man.
Or only once more stroke my face,
Then I could find my resting place.

But it remains I must still work,
So, Lord, help me, not be a jerk.
Might I just speak the truth in love?
And fix my eyes on what’s above.

Just let me live to worship you.
That’s all I really want to do!
And be obedient in my ways,
Until I see my judgment day.

When I can feel your sweet embrace!
I don’t desire to have a taste;
Of any other earthly pleasure,
To be with you; my greatest treasure!


Scheme XXAA BBCC DDXX AXEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (25%)
Metre 1111011111 11110101 11011111 11111101 11011111 11111101 11110101 01111001 11111101 11110111 010100011 01111101 11111101 110101101 110101010 111111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 548
Words 130
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on September 12, 2009

Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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