Analysis of Judgment Day
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Seal up the word; you’ll harden your heart
Then you will hear Him say: Depart!
Depart from Me I never knew you
Though I knit you together and then I grew you
I raised you up for my delight
I raised you up to be my light
A brilliant beacon in this dark world
At you many insults should have been hurled
But you rejected Me in these last days
And you turned aside from all My ways
Now you stand condemned at the sound of My voice
But not by Me; by your own choice!
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110111011 11111101 011111011 111101001111 11111101 11111111 010100111 1110011111 1101010111 011011111 11101101111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 466 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Written on March 04, 2005
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 08, 2022
Modified on March 29, 2023
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