Analysis of The Joy of Forgiveness
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Bless whose trespass is forgiven,
Whose iniquities are covered;
A blanket falling from Heaven,
And righteousness is recovered.
Bless be against iniquity,
In whose spirit has no deceit;
His virtue in morality,
Tramples Satan under his feet.
Because when I had kept silent,
All my bones were wasting away;
My groaning had become violent,
Because I never did obey.
His hand had laid heavy on me;
My strength was completely dried up;
Because I was too blind to see,
Only the sand had filled my cup.
I had acknowledged my sin,
But dealt not with iniquity;
That has corrupted me within,
Guiding my immortality.
I confess my sins to the Lord,
And He forgave my transgression;
My faults and blunders not ignored,
Included in my confession.
Let all the godly offer prayer,
At a time when you may be found;
All repentance that you will share,
And hear the rushing water sound.
Rushing water of forgiveness,
Flood water for washing away;
Immersing you in blessedness,
Deliverance whence you went astray.
God will teach the way you should go,
Keeping an eye to counsel you;
Curbed with bridle and bit to show,
For guiding which way to pursue.
Many are sorrows of evil,
But love surrounds trust in the Lord;
Avoiding paths of the devil,
Proceed to let him be ignored.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,
All who are upright in your heart;
Shout for joy with a loud voice,
Righteously having a new start.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG HCHC IAIA JKJK LFLF MNMN OIOI PQPQ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111010 11110 01010110 01001010 11010100 01101101 11000100 10101011 01111110 11101001 110101100 01110101 11111011 11101011 01111111 10011111 1101011 11110100 11010101 1010100 10111101 01011010 11010101 01001010 11010101 10111111 10101111 01010101 10101010 11011001 110100 010011101 11101111 10111101 11100111 11011101 10110110 11011001 01011010 01111101 11001001 11101011 1111011 10010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,397 |
| Words | 299 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 44 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
Blessed Are the Forgiven Psalm 32
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Written on December 17, 2022
Submitted by sir_ricky on December 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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