Analysis of The Holy One of Israel says:

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



In changing your mind and rest is your salvation.
In quietness and trust is your strength.

Worry is like a train approaching a crossing.
It sounds its horn to let you know it’s coming through.
But as quickly as it comes it will be passing.
If you won’t move off the tracks its killing you.

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes
That ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.

A branch must remain in the true vine,
If it wants to produce the desired fruit.
If it does not remain in the true vine,
Then it will be given over as loot.

Your first father sinned;
Those I sent to teach you rebelled against me.


Scheme XX ABAB XX CDCD XX
Poetic Form
Metre 010110111010 010001111 101101010010 111111111101 111011111110 11111011101 11101001010 11001010101101 011010011 11110100101 1111010011 1111101011 11101 11111101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 626
Words 135
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 2, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on December 05, 2012

Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 23, 2022

Modified on April 17, 2023

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