Analysis of A Plea for Wisdom
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Lord I feel so empty
I can’t live without Your word
You know I’m always asking You
About the things I’ve heard
Come once again to me my Father
Give me revelation
My teachers have no answers
So, I sit here in frustration
I wait here for Your wisdom
Holy Spirit fill me up
The world has no answers
Let me drink more from Your cup
My place is there beside You
Sitting on Your humble throne
I cannot take Your place
But I was born to be Your own
| Scheme | XABA XCDC XEDE BFXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111110 1110111 1111101 010111 110111110 11010 1101110 11110010 1111110 1010111 011110 1111111 1111011 1011101 110111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 450 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on July 13, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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