Analysis of Invisible Qualities
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
From what is not visible
You create what is seen
So why should we doubt?
If we know what you mean
If we do not have faith
Then we cannot please you
All you ask us to do
Is to simply believe you
When you tell us, what is
We need just to believe it
Not trying to help you
But only receive it
When we’re trying to help
Then we go are own way
Not believing the words
That you have to say
O LORD let us fall into
The arms of your grace
Lord Jesus all we want
Is to see your face
| Scheme | XAXA XBBB XCBC XDXD BEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 1111100 101111 11111 111111 111111 111011 111111 1110011 111111 1111011 110111 110011 101011 111111 101001 11111 1111101 01111 110111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 479 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Written on July 08, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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