Analysis of Open Your Eyes
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
The wood I put into the fire,
Is quickly turned to ash!
It’s not something to be desired,
Although it gets rehashed.
The words of God will ever last!
Of this you can be sure!
You can’t improve upon them,
Even if you write the score.
Just when I think I’ve seen it all
Or all there is to see;
You’ve got a way to show me
That there’s so much more to see!
| Scheme | XXAA XXXX XBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011101010 110111 111011010 1111 01111101 111111 1101011 1011101 11111111 111111 1101111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on May 12, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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