Two Feet in the Grave
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Now I lay me down to sleep
My feet are in the grave
I cannot mourn but you can weep
Because I wasn’t brave
I did not share the good news
And I let them go on fighting
So now it’s up to someone else
To do a little writing
The words I wrote if not from God
Will fall along the way
But it is in the house of God
That I would like to stay
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Written on September 16, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 340 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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