Analysis of Who is Big Enough?

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



You’re big enough to know the difference;
You’re big enough to do what’s right.
You’re big enough to go your own way;
You’re big enough to learn to fight.

The lies the world tells you;
Will not get you anywhere.
It’s still lonely in the corner;
When you’re sitting in that chair.

You’re small enough to stumble;
And you’re small enough to fall.
Who’ll be there to pick you up?
When you’re your all in all?

God is big enough to help you!
God is big enough to listen!
So, cast your cares upon Him!
Or His glory you’ll be missing!


Scheme XAXA BCXC XDXD BXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 1101110100 11011101 110111111 11011111 010111 111110 11100010 1110011 1101110 0110111 1111111 111101 11101111 11101110 1111011 11101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 554
Words 119
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on May 12, 2008

Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 06, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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