Analysis of Remain in the Word
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I’ll wash you with water
Through the word
If you will just stay in me
I am the First
I am the Last
But will you say forgive me?
Two simple words I know
But yet for you
So hard to say
It’s hard to ask forgiveness
If you don’t know
You’ve gone astray!
| Scheme | XXA XXA BXC XBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 101 1111101 1101 1101 1111011 110111 1111 1111 1111010 1111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Written on September 01, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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