Analysis of In His Hands

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



O how the mighty nations fall
And give way to one another
Because they’ve lost the fear of God
And do not love their brothers

They take the bible out of schools
And teach their own ideas
About what goodness means to them
And how they seek to please us

While evildoers go about
Succeeding in their ways
All law and justice fall aside
To all the things they crave

But though they don’t remember God
To give Him praise and glory
The fact remains their end is near
And He will write their story

All power is still in His hands
He lets us make our choices
But all the glory goes to God
I heard the angel’s voices

They said: Jesus is the Lord!


Scheme XXAX XBXX XXXX ACXC XBAB X
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 01111010 01110111 0111110 11010111 0111010 01110111 0111111 1100101 010011 11010101 110111 11110101 1111010 01011111 0111110 11011011 11111010 11010111 1101010 1110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 648
Words 131
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Written on December 10, 2012

Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 22, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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