Analysis of Open an Ear; He Still Loves You
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
The judgment day is far away
At least that is what men think.
But we will walk by quiet streams
With time to take a drink.
And when we think of what we’ve done
Our hearts begin to sink.
Regret and sorrow mark our steps
Because our actions stink.
| Scheme | XAXA XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01011101 1111111 11111101 111101 01111111 1010111 010101101 0110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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