Analysis of Profession of Faith



The man declares He is weary,
And declaring that His worn out;
In a time so dark and dreary,
So much that causes him to doubt.

He is stupid to be a man,
Having not the understanding;
On how his life ever began,
And more brutish in demanding.

He neither learned of the wisdom,
Nor knowledge of the Holy One;
Comprehension of His Kingdom,
Nor everything that He has done.

Who has ascended to Heaven,
Gathering the wind in His hand;
Wrapped the water He has given,
Divided oceans from the land.

So what is the name of His Son,
Surely you have to know His name;
About everything He has done,
Because there is really no shame.

The Word of God is pure and true,
He is a shield for those who trust;
For everything that you construe,
Will guard you against any lust.

Add not anything to His Word,
You will be found as a liar;
Any blasphemy you have heard,
God will throw them in the fire.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF FGFG FHFH IJIJ KLKL L
Poetic Form
Metre 01011110 00101111 00111010 11110111 11101101 1010010 11111001 01100010 11011010 11010101 0101110 1101111 11010110 10001011 10101110 01010101 11101111 10111111 0110111 01111011 01111101 11011111 1101101 11101101 1110111 11111010 10100111 11110010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 927
Words 210
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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The Words of Agur Proverbs 30:1-6

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Written on August 17, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on August 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:03 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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