Analysis of A Little Lamb Leading

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



I’ll show you how to change without changing
It’s the physical that I’m rearranging

Yes it’s only a matter of seeing
When you know you exist as one being

Though the clouds may appear for a day
Yet the blues never get in your way

You’re just walking right into the Son
And the living has only begun

Straight forward the path has been marked out
And although you can see it’s still dark out

In the mourning again the Son rises
But you must avoid all compromises

The shepherds have all gone astray
Now the sheep are left leading the way


Scheme AA AA BB CC DD XX BB
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1111110110 1010011010 1110010110 1111011110 101101101 101101011 111010101 001011001 110011111 011111111 0010010110 111011100 01011101 101111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 551
Words 108
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 61
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Written on April 29, 2010

Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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