Analysis of The Color of Mercy
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Balloons of many colors
Will rise up into the air
And many try to hide their age
By coloring their hair
Just think of all the colors
We will see around God’s throne
Surrounded by a multitude
Who dress in white alone
The living creatures crying out
Your stains are washed away
Holy, holy, holy,
Are the Lord Almighty’s ways!
There will be no more pain or sorrow
When we finally reach our home
So, blessed are the merciful
Who trust in God alone!
| Scheme | ABXB ACXC XXXX XXXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 0111010 1110101 01011111 110011 1111010 1110111 0101010 110101 01010101 111101 101010 10111 111111110 111001101 1110100 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 452 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Written on April 05, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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