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
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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