Analysis of Good Friday Jesus Washes Me
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
O Lord how foolish your servant can be,
I worry about things that I can’t even see.
Why should I fear the darkness while the light is still shining?
I’ll get up off my knees and I’ll stop all this whining!
Your grace is sufficient and it rains down on me.
You’ve forgiven my sins and you’ve shown me mercy.
If your mercy can see when it’s dark, why can’t I?
I know that I can and I will by and by!
I can do what is right and walk humbly with You,
But if I don’t love mercy, that is meaningless too.
There’s a way that seems right; yet it leads to destruction!
Let me walk in your light and not face that obstruction!
| Scheme | AABB AACC DDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111011011 110011111101 11110101011110 1111110111110 111010011111 101011011110 111011111111 11111011101 111111011011 1111110111001 1011111111010 1110110111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 636 |
| Words | 138 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Written on March 24, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 14, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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