Analysis of Nine Times Nine
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Assyria will fall by a sword not of man
The whole damned world is destroyed
Justice rose up from the grave
And now we’re filled with joy
Where once the lifeless bodies laid
There’s only empty ground
They heard a voice say: “Come up here!
And now they can’t be found
This will be a sign for you
The day’s light is fading fast
But even though the darkness comes
It surely will not last
God will not remain angry forever
Scheme | XXXXXAXAXBXB X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010011101111 0111101 1011101 010111 11010101 110101 11011111 011111 1110111 0111101 11010101 110111 1110110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 428 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Written on July 18, 2013
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 03, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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