Analysis of Perseverance in Ministry
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Writing poems by the grace of God,
I will never be losing heart;
Continue to honor and laud,
His mercy will never depart.
I have renounced disgraceful ways,
Refusing to tamper with truth;
Temptation and deceit that strays,
In the sight of God in their youth.
Even if the Gospel is veiled,
It is hid to them that are lost;
Because their search has been curtailed,
They are perishing at a cost.
The god of this world made them blind,
To keep them from seeing the light;
Having unbelief in their mind,
That is clouding any insight.
It is not myself that I preach,
Rather Christ Jesus our Lord;
Into the darkness where I reach,
For those who seem to have ignored.
Let the light shine out of darkness,
And to shine from the inner heart;
The emptiness of their starkness,
That will make darkness to depart.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DXDX EFEF GHGH XAXA X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101010111 11101101 01011001 11011001 11010101 01011011 01000111 00111011 10101011 11111111 01111101 11100101 01111111 11111001 101011 1110101 1111111 10110101 01010111 11111101 10111110 01110101 01001110 11110101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 847 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
The Light of the Gospel 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
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Written on October 28, 2022
Submitted by sir_ricky on October 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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