Analysis of Look At the Birds
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
As long as God is sovereign
Then I can be at peace
It doesn’t matter if I’m great
Or if I am the least
I do not have to sow or reap
Or store away in barns
For God will make sure that I eat
And that I’m kept from harm
Because without God who can eat
Or even find enjoyment?
And without him no one can work
Or even find employment!
| Scheme | XXXX XXAX ABXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 1111110 111111 1110111 111101 11111111 110101 11111111 011111 01011111 1101010 00111111 1101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on June 03, 2014
Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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