Analysis of Having All that Matters
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
When love is all you have to give
Then give till you no longer live
You have the best of all there is
I hope you’re leaking like a sieve
The finest parts all coming through
God is the One that’s filling you
You cannot help but love your brother
It is your way; you have no other
You may not see return today
But sow, you’ll reap in everyway
Your clothes and shoes might be in tatters
But you have all that really matters
Go on your way; you’ll see its true
That God is really loving you
So, when you fall upon hard times
Remember being poor is no crime
| Scheme | AAXA BBCC XXDD BBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 11111101 11011111 11110101 01011101 11011101 110111110 111111110 11110101 111101 110111010 111111010 11111111 11110101 11110111 010101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 563 |
| Words | 115 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on December 15, 2012
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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