Analysis of A New Inflection

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



This is where we started Lord
When we had so far to go
But then we went to many places
I did not want to go

You knew that I’d be driving here
And traveling far from home
So, in your wisdom you let me go
And out there I did roam

Then lost and confused I turned to you
To get some new direction
And to my surprise when you opened my eyes
I heard a new voice inflection

You’re calling out to me O Lord
Saying: Come home now my son
You’ve been outside for way too long
And it hasn’t been much fun


Scheme ABXB XCBC XDXD ADXD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111101 1111111 111111010 111111 11111101 0100111 101101111 011111 110011111 1111010 01101111011 11011010 11011111 1011111 11111111 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 503
Words 109
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on January 01, 2008

Submitted by dawg4jesus on December 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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