Analysis of Christ is My Friend
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I need a friend that can be a lover
Not a lover who can be my friend
When I find myself with them under covers
I need to know it will last to the end
Not based on performance or effort or pride
By these things I do not judge a friend
But just on the love and commitment they show
A commitment to me till the end
I began to see there was love in my heart
That knowledge changed everything
So now as I listen perfecting my art
I cry and I worship and sing
My friend must share with me in all of these things
But especially in obedience to Christ
I know that when Jesus is at the center of things
He brings to those things a new life
So, tell me now should we go on from here?
Or bring this thing to a quick end?
I don’t need someone to put their trust in me
But someone that believes in my friend
Scheme | XAXA XAXA BCBC DXDX XAXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1101111010 101011111 1111111010 1111111101 11101011011 111111101 11101001011 001011101 10111111011 110110 11111001011 11011001 11111101111 10100010011 1111101101011 11111011 1111111111 11111011 1111111101 11101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 800 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Written on November 01, 2007
Submitted by dawg4jesus on January 13, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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