Analysis of A Gift of Grace
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
By the grace given unto me,
I say to every one of you;
Think of himself he ought to see,
Sober judgment that will be true.
More highly than he ought to think,
The faith according to measure;
That God has assigned as to link,
Unto the inherited treasure.
One body has many members,
Not all with the same function;
Many gifts that one remembers,
Guarding against the corruption.
So we being many in Christ,
One member to one another;
And willing to be sacrificed,
For interests of each other.
Having gifts differing in grace,
To our faith in proportion;
For Jesus Christ that will embrace,
Perfection without distortion.
If service in our serving,
One who teaches in his teaching;
Straight and narrow never curing,
Accomplished in your outreaching.
To exhort in exhortation,
Bestows in generosity;
Is giving an exploration,
Rewards you with prosperity.
For the one who will lead with zeal,
With a cheerful act of mercy;
Unto the Lord, you will reveal,
Having spiritual courtesy.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGD HFHF IIIC FAFA JAJA D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110101 111100111 11011111 10101111 11011111 01010110 11101111 100010010 11011010 1110110 10111010 10010010 11101001 11011010 0101110 1101110 10110001 11010010 11011101 01001010 11001010 11100110 10101010 010011 101010 0100100 1101010 01110100 10111111 10101110 10011101 101000100 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,024 |
Words | 212 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Many Gifts but One Body Romans 12:3-8
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Written on August 18, 2022
Submitted by sir_ricky on August 17, 2022
Modified on April 11, 2023
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