Analysis of Useless A
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Oh U.S.A. you are here today;
But you will be gone tomorrow.
With amber waves of grain and
All the money you could borrow.
You would not face reality and
You turned your back on the truth!
So, God decreed you would be cut down,
While you were in your youth!
Oh, great and mighty prostitute;
Who sits on many waters,
You slept with all the kings of earth.
And got drunk with their brothers.
You lived a life of luxury
And boasted: I won’t mourn!
But you’ve incurred the wrath of God!
And all the nations scorn!
Scheme | XABA BCXC XDXD XEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111111101 1111101 1101110 1010111 1111100 1111101 110111111 110011 1101010 1111010 11110111 0111110 11011100 010111 11010111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 516 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on July 04, 2008
Submitted by dawg4jesus on October 19, 2022
Modified on March 29, 2023
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