Analysis of Vote for Jesus
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Fat Tuesday has a new meaning,
Since we held elections on it.
The rich keep getting richer.
And the poor just bet upon it.
They cast their vote for who they hope,
Will win, it doesn’t matter.
The poor keep getting poorer.
And the rich keep getting fatter!
God never said to me:
Hey Dawg, I’m seeking your opinion.
I can’t decide to whom
I should give this authority and dominion.
He never said to me:
Who do you think I should make president?
He only said: I’ll choose who I choose;
The rest may remain at the present!
So, who did you vote for this time?
And do you think they’re winning?
Only God determines the end result!
And He did that from the beginning!
Scheme | ABCB XCCC DEXE DXXX XAXA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 11010110 11101011 0111010 00111011 11111111 111110 0111010 00111010 110111 111101010 11111 111101000010 110111 111111110 110111111 011011010 11111111 0111110 1010100101 011110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 674 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on December 14, 2007
Submitted by dawg4jesus on January 24, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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