Analysis of On My Way Out
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Eternal joy and eternal bliss
An eternity with nothing that I’ll miss
No sorrow, pain or worry there
It’s so good Lord; it’s just not fair
I’m glad that life’s not fair at all
Now if it was I’d only ball
I’d cry my eyes out day and night
Wishing that I had learned to fight
But I have One who’s fighting for me
And in the end He will restore me
He’ll call me and say: Come up here!
As those who killed me look on in fear
And then perhaps on my way out
I’ll turn around and give a shout
A shout of joy that I was saved
From among those men who are depraved
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX FFGG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 010100101 10100110111 11011101 11111111 11111111 11111101 11111101 10111111 111111011 000111011 11101111 111111101 01011111 11010101 01111111 101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on May 02, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 09, 2022
Modified by dawg4jesus on March 09, 2022
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