Analysis of A Thirst for Love
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
O Lord I am on my hands and knees.
My Lord it’s You I seek to please.
I came here with the water from earth.
So, you might quench your mighty thirst.
You said: Its love that I thirst for;
Upon the earth, My wrath I’ll pour.
They would not come; though I had called.
So now they will all be appalled.
To see for them, what might have been.
But now will not because of sin.
| Scheme | AA XX BB CC DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 111111101 11111111 111101011 11111101 11111111 01011111 11111111 11111101 11111111 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 379 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Written on July 18, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 07, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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