Analysis of Stand Up Sit Down
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
All forms of religion are a thorn in my side.
Stand up; sit down, these men cannot decide.
They live by the letter to offer you proof.
They’ve forgotten the Spirit, the Spirit of Truth!
My life here on earth brings me nothing but trouble.
Today’s is enough and tomorrow’s is doubled.
I’m tired of hearing the dragon as he laughs.
He tries teaching the righteous but his words are just chaff!
All their meetings do more harm than good.
I’d avoid them completely if only I could.
But when You call Lord and say: Go over there!
I know there’s a reason and it’s usually to share.
| Scheme | AAXX XXXX BBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 111010101011 111111101 11101011011 101001001011 111111110110 01101001110 110110010111 1110010111111 111011111 101101011011 11111011101 11101001100011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 591 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Written on January 06, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 09, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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