Analysis of Not Your Equal
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Strengthen me or kill me Lord;
Without You I can’t do this!
If I can’t even stop the rain,
Then how can I walk through this?
The faith I have is very small;
The wind looks at me and laughs!
I want to rise above it all,
But to Your feet I clasp!
I want to be just like you Lord
And feed the hungry people.
Father lift me from this tent,
But not to be Your equal!
| Scheme | ABXB CXCX ADXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1011111 0111111 11110101 1111111 01111101 0111101 11110111 111111 11111111 0101010 1011111 1111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Written on March 06, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 03, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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