Analysis of Thank You Jesus

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



The face of a wolf on a butterfly’s wing;
As I’m walking with you what I see is amazing.

The visions and dreams that I cannot describe;
And my place in the scrolls, I’m enjoying the ride.

I’m on my way home now, there’s not much to do.
I’m just riding shotgun and enjoying the view.

Since I tossed you the keys and I said you could drive;
My life is on fire, but I feel more alive.

You burn up the things that I could not destroy.
Like hate and addiction, but you give me the joy.

As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze;
You’re destroying the things that are evil, but saving my soul for your praise!


Scheme AA XX BB CC DD EE
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 011011011 1110111111010 01001111001 011001101001 11111111111 11101001001 111101011111 111110111101 11101111101 110010111101 11001010101101001 101001111011011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 645
Words 140
Sentences 8
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Written on May 08, 2010

Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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