Analysis of The Way of Understanding

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



I know this your plan
And that’s why I’m submitting to it
I never would have thought of this
Or chosen to go through it

I cried aloud for insight
I called out for understanding
That I might dwell here in the land
And do all you’re commanding

So now I think I’ll shut my mouth
And listen more intently
While you guide me along my path
With sternness; yet so gently


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111 011101011 11011111 1101111 110111 1111010 11111001 0111010 11111111 0101010 11110111 1101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 373
Words 74
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on September 28, 2015

Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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