Analysis of My Savior
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
You’ve engraved me on the palms of your hands;
On the cross you did this so I could stand.
Your blood poured out so I could be saved,
Your body was broken so I would not be enslaved.
How long O Lord will you hide your face?
How long O Lord must I live only by grace?
My desire is to know as I am fully known;
My desire is I will reap what you have sown.
| Scheme | XXAA BBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1011101111 1011111111 111111111 1101101111101 111111111 11111111011 1010111111101 101011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Written on August 23, 2005
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 14, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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