Analysis of A Prophesy Against America
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Like a twig on the surface of the waters,
This people will float away.
They have eaten the fruit of deception.
They plant wickedness to this day.
Because they depend on their own strength,
And their soldiers out in the field,
A harvest of evil will come up.
And destruction is all it will yield!
The roar of the lion will rise up.
It’s impossible now to avoid.
With the tide of the battles against you,
Your cities will all be destroyed.
Change your mind before it’s too late!
If God did not spare His people, Israel, for sinning in this way;
Then what makes you think that He is going to spare you?
Four steps to change your mind
1) Turn off your (tell-a-vision) or HDTV; you can’t see better by looking into it!
2) Open your bible and read it!
3) Stop trusting in men, trust in God!
4) If you don’t already know what the next step is? Ask your Father so that He may instruct you!
Scheme | XAXA XBCB CDED XAE X FFXE |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 10110101010 1101101 1110011010 11100111 011011111 01101001 010110111 001011111 011010111 101001101 1011010011 11011101 11101111 11111110100110011 1111111110111 111111 11110101111110110011 10110011 11001101 11101011011111101111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 894 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on August 31, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 08, 2023
Modified on April 25, 2023
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