Analysis of Land of Destruction
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
America the beautiful,
A land of torture and fear,
Its people say they worship God,
But they’re all so insincere.
They brag about their freedom
And their mercy in their pride,
But when I looked into these things,
I found their leaders lied.
They teach destructive heresies
And praise the lands most ruthless,
Denying justice to the weak and poor,
Their arguments are useless!
They do not seek the Lord,
But in their fear, they just attack,
They’re like unreasoning animals,
It’s wisdom that they lack.
God has decreed disaster for this land
And all its people!
Silencing bride and bridegroom
And the bell in every steeple!
Scheme | ABXB XCDC DEXE XFXF XAXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 01000100 0111001 11011101 111101 1101110 0110011 11110111 111101 110101 0101110 0101010101 1100110 111101 10111101 11010100 110111 1101010111 01110 100101 001010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 632 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Written on December 12, 2006
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 22, 2023
Modified on March 28, 2023
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