Analysis of Fly Like the Wind

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



When every house in town is closed
And all the doors are shut
When you look for a fallout shelter
Just to save your butt
Remember that the end is near
But it has not come yet
And ask yourself. Why do I fear?
Who am I running from?
Do not be afraid of man
His weapons won’t prevail
Though Hades follows close behind
The horse of Death is pale
And you won’t fall prey to him
If you’re walking in the light
The Word of God and all his saints
Ride horses that are white
Their steeds are swift and they can fly
They thunder out of heaven
But you won’t see them coming
Till the end of that last seven


Scheme ABCBDEDFGHIHJKLKMNON
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 110010111 010111 11110110 11111 01010111 111111 01011111 111101 1110111 110101 11010101 011111 0111111 1110001 01110111 110111 11110111 1101110 1111110 10111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 602
Words 124
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 466
Words per stanza (avg) 122
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Written on June 08, 2014

Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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