Analysis of Darkest of Nights

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Now you can come early or you can come late,
It doesn’t really matter you won’t have to wait.
He’s standing beside you to open the door
And help you come in your election is sure.

But not for the wicked, their fate is sealed;
Their hearts ever smoking will never be healed!

They stumble around in the darkest of nights,
Eternally tormented for refusing the light.
Alone now and desperate, they’re willing to fight,
But they’re still doing wrong never knowing what’s right.

They can look into heaven and see those rewarded,
But theirs is like the birth of a child aborted!


Scheme AAXX BB XCCC DD
Poetic Form
Metre 11111011111 11101011111 11001111001 01110101011 1110101111 11101011011 11001001011 010010101001 01101011011 111101101001 1110110011010 111101101010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 586
Words 116
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on November 07, 2006

Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 18, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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