Analysis of Someone to Be

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



We’ll ride on the four living creatures
At least somewhere in my dreams
But when my time has come
I’ll see there’s much more than it seems

I want to be like Jesus Christ
And love you like he does
But when I try to do that
I remember who I was

And though you never even liked me
My reward is loving you
Its in the way it makes me feel
Yes, I have feelings too!

I’m just not driven by them
In the way the world is
I have to show some self-control
And do the things he did

Who do you want to be?
Do you have a hero?


Scheme XAXA XXXX BCXC XXXX BX
Poetic Form
Metre 111011010 111011 111111 11111111 11111101 011111 1111111 1010111 011101011 1011101 10011111 111101 1111011 001011 11111101 010111 111111 111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 524
Words 118
Sentences 3
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Written on October 14, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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