Analysis of Beloved
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Sometimes what looks like light is really as dark as hell.
And when I must behold these things it makes me want to yell.
An ordinary milkman with a family and nice house,
From every outward appearance he was as quiet as a mouse.
But in his heart was malice, raging anger uncontrolled.
When he decided to unleash it, bitter anguish did unfold.
He looked like an angel but in his heart, he was a beast.
He committed all his evil acts at the beginning of the feast.
There’s a fourth dimension we cannot see, it’s spiritual, Amen.
And as each one was executed God was standing there with them.
As each one fell before His feet He picked them up again.
Now they’re jewels in Jesus’ crown they are His precious gems!
So, if you have no mercy and you want to use your gun,
Just remember this my friend, Isaiah fifty-seven one.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111111101111 01110111111111 1100110100011 11001001011110101 1011110101001 111010111010101 11111010111101 10101110110010101 10101011011100001 011111001110111 11110111111101 11100101111101 11111100111111 10101111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 834 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on October 04, 2006
Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 17, 2023
Modified by dawg4jesus on February 17, 2023
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