Analysis of Wake Up

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Wake up O sleeper
The day has drawn near
The day of your judgment
The one that you fear

What can I say you haven’t already heard?
I can’t say a thing, not even a word!
But know this my loved one the end’s surely coming;
You cannot escape even with all your running!

So, what will become of those who worship the world?
Into the fire with Satan they will be hurled!
Don’t let the fate of the wicked become yours.
A man receives only all that he has stored.

Make what you’ve stored love and beauty and grace.
And then in the end you will see His face!


Scheme XAXA BBCC DDXX EE
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 01111 011110 01111 1111110101 1110111001 111111011010 110011011110 111011111001 010101101111 11011010011 01011011111 1111101001 0100111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 562
Words 122
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on April 21, 2006

Submitted by dawg4jesus on January 31, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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