Analysis of Ask #2
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I have another favor I would
Like to ask of you.
Walk a little further with me
Till I get what I am due.
On the earth I have done wrong.
But now I want to turn.
So, I’ll go running back to Jesus!
He won’t let me burn.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110101011 11111 10101011 1111111 1011111 111111 111101110 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 222 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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