Analysis of High Definition

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Don’t argue with God! You might laugh and say duh!
But I wonder my brother do you know what God wants?

Will you still be laughing on the judgment day?
When you stand before God with nothing to say?

If He asks: Did you read the letter I wrote You?
Will you say I was going to but I couldn’t remote you?

I couldn’t find You listed on the channels I had.
I couldn’t hear You telling me You were my Dad.

I thought those ancient words were just stories.
I had no idea I could ever bring You glory.

We can only understand from the things we put in.
Your television or your Bible? Let the lesson begin!


Scheme XX AA BB CC XX DD
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11011111011 1110110111111 11111010101 11101111011 111111010111 11111101111011 111110101011 11111011011 1111010110 11101011101110 111001101110 11001110101001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 608
Words 135
Sentences 14
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Written on December 01, 2007

Submitted by dawg4jesus on January 19, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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