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
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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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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXAXAXBXB X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 428
Words 83
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 1

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