Analysis of No gods at all
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Look; I did not say: Go this way
But who am I to stop you
Perhaps the god you know and love
Has chosen now to swap you
Exchange you for the world
So he could have more power in it
To get control of what’s not his
And rule over your Senate
You told him he could do this
When you went out and voted
So why are you surprised
To find out he is not devoted
You voted for the promises
Of one who is a liar
And now you grumble and complain
He can’t meet your desires
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11111111 1111111 01011101 1101111 011101 111111001 11011011 0110110 1111111 1111010 111101 111111010 11010100 1111010 01110001 1111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 466 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on May 07, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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