Simply Lovely
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Knowledge puffs up,
Love does not.
So which one of these,
Have you got?
Instruct a wise man;
He’ll be wiser still.
Love drives out fear
And does it with skill!
Now I am accused,
Of trusting God’s hand!
For living in peace
And not harming man.
But if that’s the worst,
They’re accusing me of,
I guess all my wrongs,
Have been covered by love!
I cannot survive,
In a house of deceit!
I’ll live in my car
And sleep on the seat!
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Written on September 05, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on November 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BCXC XXXB XDXD XEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 438 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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