Analysis of Jesus

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Father, today is my birthday
Today I turned sixty-four
I know you don’t need me. Yet you still feed me
You lift me up off the floor

You told me to eat what I’m given
To fill my belly with the scroll
So, I ate it up, it was so sweet!
I ate till I thought I’d explode

Now bring in the cake for the party
Light the candles and let them burn
Then we’ll sing a song, but you can’t sing along
And I won’t blow them out until you turn

Turn to me now sweetheart
And I won’t let you fall
We’ll play by the lake and eat our cake
Then I’ll come to get you all


Scheme XABA XXXX BCXC XDXD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 1001111 0111101 11111111111 1111101 111111110 11110101 111111111 11111101 110011010 10100111 11101111101 0111110111 11111 011111 1110101101 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 569
Words 123
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Written on October 14, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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