Analysis of Daddy Help!
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent
Do not envy wicked men and turn your hand to violence
When I worry and I doubt and all that sin assails me
Right then I need to get it out; your Righteousness won’t fail me
And though we all have turned away and many won’t come back
If I will only walk with you, there’s nothing that I’ll lack
| Scheme | XX AA BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1001111110110 111010101111100 11100110111011 111111111100111 01111101010111 11110111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 357 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on February 10, 2022
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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