Analysis of Jesus at the Wheel
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I’m still behind the wheel, but no longer am I driving.
If you ask me what it feels like here? I’ll say: I’m just surviving.
Surviving till I reach the end and I’ve run out of road.
But I am not afraid; I’m simply waiting to unload!
To get rid of all my baggage and walk through the open door,
Into the house prepared for me; the one that will be pure;
I’ll have no need of cleaning there because I’ll find no dirt.
No trouble, sorrow, death or woe; no longer any hurt!
How can I thank you Jesus? You grabbed the wheel just in time!
You pressed on the accelerator; now I speak in rhyme.
Every time that I have shared what You have given. You give more.
I feel just like a child again, inside a candy store!
Each taste another sweet reminder of Your love and grace,
And then after the final bite, I’ll get to see Your face.
Not like the pictures drawn by men, with blue eyes and long hair,
But scarred and bruised and beaten as I meet You in the air!
Scheme | AABB CXDD EECC FFGG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11010111101110 1111111111111010 01011101011111 11110111010101 111111100110101 01010111011111 11111101011111 11010111110101 11111101101101 1110010011101 1001111111110111 11110101010101 11010101011101 01100101111111 11010111111011 11010101111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 969 |
Words | 207 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Written on January 09, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 09, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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