Analysis of Work Takes Time- Your Reward

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Lord, I pray that you will set me a time
And then remember me;
Conceal me in the grave till your anger has passed.

Then you will call and I will answer you.
You will long for the creature your hands have made.

Every man dies, but can a man rise
And never be judged again?
Some say: “Well sure” because they ignore;
The word that was spoken to them.

Books will be opened and every man judged
According to what they have done.
And then they’re repaid for the games that they played
While living here under the sun!


Scheme XXX XA XXXX XBAB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111101 010101 011001111011 1111011101 11110101111 1001111011 0101101 111101101 01111011 11110010011 01011111 01101101111 11011001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 521
Words 111
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 4, 4
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on December 29, 2023

Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 29, 2023

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