Analysis of Private Eyes

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



He keeps me in his Word
So, I’ll remember what I heard
The Lord is faithful; Jesus true
He’s always looking out for you

He watches when you sleep at night
He’s always there to give you light
He never leaves me all alone
Its in his mind to take me home

And what he thinks and what he says
Will come to be no need to dread
My Father keeps his eye on you
He watches everything you do

And when you do what’s right. He sees
And says: “That really pleases me.”

Well done good and faithful servant


Scheme AABB CCXX XXBB XX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111011 11010111 01110101 1110111 11011111 1111111 11011101 10111111 01110111 11111111 11011111 1101011 01110111 01110101 11101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 506
Words 105
Sentences 3
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2, 1
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Written on August 30, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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