Analysis of Creation and Scripture



Heaven declares glory of God,
And the sky above will proclaim;
The firmament His work to laud,
By giving homage to His name.

Day unto day uttering speech,
Knowledge revealed night into night;
There are no words that would beseech,
That will not sincerely delight.

Their voice will go throughout the earth,
Their words to the end of the world;
As the night to the stars give birth,
Comets and meteors are hurled.

He sets a temple for the sun,
Which comes out at the light of dawn;
The groom knows what has to be done,
For making the darkness be gone.

Rising from the end of Heaven,
The darkness is hidden away;
The light from the sun is given,
For bringing on a brand new day.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA BCBC DEDE FGFG FHFH X
Poetic Form
Metre 10011011 00101101 011111 11010111 11011001 10011011 11111101 11101001 11110101 11101101 10110111 10010011 11010101 11110111 01111111 11001011 10101110 01011001 01101110 11010111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 720
Words 157
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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The Perfect Law of the LORD Psalm 19:1-6

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Written on November 05, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on November 04, 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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