Analysis of As Day turns to Night

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



I came down to the ocean Lord,
To see what you would show me.
I don’t know what I’m looking for
Or why you’d want to know me.

I gird my waist with a belt of truth,
God’s Holy Righteousness;
And spend my time, my head pressed to,
His faithful loving chest!

When God reveals his words to me,
I try to stop to write.
But even when I cannot see,
The Lord can give me light.

I know my Father loves me;
He gave his Son for me!
Now even as the darkness falls,
My Jesus comforts me!

How great the Father’s love,
That I might know his saving grace!
So now as Jesus carries me,
I finally see his face.

I watch as here for me, He draws,
A line upon the sand;
The waves come crashing in,
But they can’t rip me from His hand!

The seagulls flying overhead,
Make sounds like they are laughing.
But in His arms I have no fear,
I hear God’s angels clapping.


Scheme XAXA XXXX ABAB AAXA XCAC XDXD XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (71%)
Metre 11110101 1111111 11111101 1111111 111110111 110100 01111111 110101 11011111 111111 11011101 011111 1111011 111111 11010101 110101 110101 11111101 11110101 1100111 11111111 010101 011100 11111111 0110101 1111110 10111111 1111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 860
Words 203
Sentences 12
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on May 15, 2010

Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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