Analysis of Confident Crisis Time



I cry aloud to God,
Asking Him to hear me;
Forgive where I am flawed,
Mine err to help me see.

On the day of trouble,
I seek to You O Lord;
To stretch from the rubble,
Defy to be ignored.

Ceasing not of my soul,
Looking for Your comfort;
In order to console,
From my foes that subvert.

I moan and meditate,
I remember You, Lord;
As my spirit does faint,
Felt like being ignored.

You open up my eyes,
With words I cannot speak;
Wisdom to make me wise,
For directions to seek.

I consider the days,
Of the years-long ago;
How I look at the ways,
The blessings use to flow.

Thinking my song at night,
To commune in my heart;
Making search for the light,
Hoping not to depart.

Will, You spurn forever,
Favorable no more;
Did the bonding sever,
That You have locked the door.

Has Your steadfast love cease,
Promise failed for all time;
And revoking my lease,
Because of a sick crime.

You forgot of Your grace,
Compassion has been locked;
O Lord God please embrace,
Feeling as being blocked.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA BCBC DEDE XCXC FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO PQPQ L
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 101111 011111 111111 101110 111111 111010 011101 101111 101110 010110 111101 11010 101011 111011 111001 110111 111101 101111 101011 101001 101101 111101 010111 101111 110011 101101 101101 111010 100011 101010 111101 11111 101111 001011 011011 101111 010111 111101 101101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,034
Words 242
Sentences 11
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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In the Day of Trouble, I Seek the Lord Psalm 77:1-9

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Written on May 17, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on May 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:12 min read
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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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