Analysis of Dead or Alive
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Someone remembers everyday,
That child that die and went away.
Those ignorant pricks and bastards too,
Who claim to be the holy Jews.
The chosen folks of God Most High,
But in their hearts, they know they lie.
With many words they praise The Name,
And then go out and defile the same.
Inside the assembly, not hot or cold,
They think themselves to shine as gold.
Though God prepared a feast for them,
I doubt He’ll even let them in.
They will not eat the Word or write;
They will not take a single bite.
They’re too consumed with pleasure and wealth,
To focus on their spiritual health.
If they would turn just and come back,
There’s nothing in this life they’d lack.
That child that died, could that be you?
Then listen to a word that’s true.
Your Father loves you very much!
Come back to Him and feel His touch.
The life He offers will never end,
When Jesus Christ calls you His friend.
But not so for the synagogue of Satan,
Whose lives are marked by lying and hating.
Their fiery deaths are just and right,
Trapped now by darkness, they’ll have no light.
Scheme | AABX CCDD EEXX FFGG HHBB IIJJ XXFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (57%) |
Metre | 1010101 11110101 110010101 11110101 01011111 10111111 11011101 01110101 0100101111 11011111 11010111 11110110 11110111 11110101 110111001 1101110001 11111011 11001111 11111111 11010111 11011101 11110111 011101101 11011111 1111010110 1111110010 110011101 111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,076 |
Words | 231 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on July 21, 2007
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 24, 2023
Modified on April 04, 2023
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