Analysis of Student Driver

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



You’ll have to get in the turning lane
To move in the right direction
To put away all of your evil deeds
And all of your insurrection

You’ll have to go where the righteous go
And move like the faithful and just
To avoid getting trapped by all of your sins
And destroyed by your wealth and your lust

If you’re driving your car on a slick mountain road
With plenty of curves, without vision
Then you’re closing your eyes to the danger ahead
So you won’t have to make a decision

When you’ve gotten so close to the edge of the road
That you almost drove off of the cliff
Then I hope that in awe with a reverent fear
That you’ll finally accept His free gift


Scheme XAXA XBXB CAXA CXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111100101 11001010 1101111101 0111010 111110101 01101001 10110111111 001111011 111011101101 110110110 111011101001 1111110010 111011101101 11111101 111101101001 1110001111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 669
Words 131
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on May 03, 2010

Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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