Analysis of Broken on the Rock
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Interpretation is a word,
I seem to hear a lot.
But I’ll still talk about the Truth!
Its all they haven’t got!
They listen to the angels
And the men of high esteem!
But when you separate the milk;
They cannot find the cream.
They wander in the desert
Of the world on their own!
They claim to know the God of Truth;
But still they won’t come home.
How can they claim to know Him?
If they do not know His Son.
Jesus is the Christ forever;
He’s the only One!
He will not fade or go away,
No matter your condition;
He holds you with the hand of God,
As you give Him permission.
Though he could surely conquer you
And sell you to another.
He still stands and calls out
My friend I want to be your lover!
Just like the waves come to the beach
And there they find their end!
When you fall broken on the Rock;
To heaven you’ll ascend!
Scheme | XABA XCXC XXBX XDED XDXD XEXE XFXF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 0010101 111101 11110101 11111 1101010 0011101 1111001 110101 1100010 101111 11110111 111111 1111111 1111111 10101010 10101 11111101 1101010 11110111 1111010 11110101 0111010 111011 111111110 11011101 011111 11110101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 842 |
Words | 194 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on June 09, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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