Analysis of By Design
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Confusion comes from chaos,
But order, by design.
And if you look into these things,
This simple truth you’ll find.
You can’t find lies inside the Truth!
But half-truths inside lies!
And everyone that speaks what’s false,
Is surely going to die!
So, when you open up your mouth,
To speak, you must be sure,
What rolls off your lips and tongue,
Is good and true and pure!
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 0101110 110101 01110111 110111 11110101 111011 0101101 1101011 11110111 111111 1111101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 378 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on July 15, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 07, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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