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America the Pitiful

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)

How many times I struck you
And now you’re going to fall
I struck you in the head and neck
I kicked you in the jaw!

You shouldn’t climb into the ring
Unless you think you’ll win
Why do you fight against the LORD?
And shake your fist at him

Woe to the foolish nation
That refuses to be warned
Rejecting all the messengers
Who say you’ll lose your horn

But you made the Nazirites drink wine
And commanded the Prophets not to prophesy
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Written on May 17, 2014

Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 23, 2022

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX XXXX XXAX XA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 442
Words 89
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
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