Analysis of With Power Comes Responsibility
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
How great is our God and wonderful too?
O Wonderful Counselor and friend
You watch over us and care for our needs
You care for our needs till the end
How many men think that they rule in this world
They say: You can’t do this on my time
It seems they don’t believe you are Sovereign O Lord
And you can give reason to rhyme
They watch their words closely as they do their good deeds
If a lie seems to profit they use it
They don’t seem to know that you gave them their power
And that is why that they abuse it
Have mercy on their souls Lord
For they do not know what they do
| Scheme | ABCBXDEDCFXF EA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101001 110010001 11101011101 111101101 11011111011 111111111 111101111011 01111011 111110111111 1011110111 111111111110 011111011 1101111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 580 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Written on April 30, 2014
Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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