Analysis of Beginning Knowledge



To know wisdom and instruction,
To understand words of insight;
For helping of your perception,
In doing the things that are right.

To receive instruction to deal,
In righteousness and in justice;
For the wisdom that you will feel,
Of an equity as righteous.

To give prudence to the simple,
Knowledge and discretion of youth;
To understand of the Gospel,
Able to learn what is the truth.

Let the wise hear to gain learning,
Understand to obtain guidance;
For the wisdom that is earning,
In helping with an abidance.

To understand of a proverb,
The words of the wise to spread out;
Interpretation of the Word,
Gives wisdom for leaving no doubt.

Beginning of knowledge is fear,
As wisdom is despised by fools;
Blocking their ears as not to hear,
Of what the Lord has given rules.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGD XHXH XIXI X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11100010 101111 11011010 01001111 10101011 01000010 10101111 11100110 11101010 10001011 1011010 10111101 10111110 0110110 10101110 010111 1011010 01101111 0010101 11011011 01011011 11010111 10111111 11011101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 823
Words 172
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Love Learning Proverbs 1:2–7

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Written on February 06, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on February 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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