Analysis of Not Learned, But Listening
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Tell me how else I can cleanse my house,
Without ruining all of creation?
What’s fuel for the fire must go in the fire,
Even if it had aspirations.
Therefore, consider carefully how you listen;
Whoever has will be given more.
You say you do not yet know my words;
But I tell you: “I am the LORD!”
The man who is willing to listen, I’ll use.
I’ll bring forth from his mouth a great sword.
Not a word he speaks I’ll let fall to the ground.
And his judgments will rule in the world!
Scheme | XAXX AXXB XBXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 0110011010 0101010110010 10111010 10101001110 010111101 111111111 11111101 01111011011 111111011 10111111101 011011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Written on July 27, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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