Analysis of Seek God to Live



Seek good and not evil,
As to that, you may live;
Work not for the devil,
Only to God to give.

For the Lord God of Host,
Will be with you always;
Letting the Holy Ghost,
Guide you throughout your days.

Hate evil and love good,
Giving justice at the gate;
Be gracious as you should,
Let not dark seal your fate.

Wailing is in the street,
Calling farmers to mourn;
Lamentation shall meet,
To all those who sojourn.

The vineyards are wailing,
God passes through your midst;
Repent to unfailing,
Before judgement has blitzed.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE FXFX GXGX X
Poetic Form
Metre 110110 111111 111010 101111 101111 11111 100101 110111 110011 1010101 110111 111111 101001 101011 111 111110 010110 110111 011010 011011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 566
Words 125
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 17

About this poem

An Exhortation to Repentance Amos 5:14-17

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Written on December 23, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on December 22, 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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