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 |
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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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