Analysis of One
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
I am languishing Lord; I am feeling neglected
I’ve been cast down and shut up and utterly rejected
But I’m not gonna stay down or lie in the dust
I’m gonna get back up and do what I must
Be loving and kind and most of all gracious
In a land that needs filling, with Love, it’s so spacious
| Scheme | XX AA BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1110011110010 11110110100010 111101111001 11011101111 11001011110 0011110111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 298 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Written on February 08, 2022
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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