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 |
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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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