Analysis of The New Man



As God’s chosen, loved, and holy,
Compassionate a humbled heart;
Honor God the One and only,
Allowing His Word to impart.

Enduring with one another,
Remember the Lord forgave you;
So always forgive each other,
And be true in all that you do.

Above all these things put on love,
Which binds everything together;
Worshipping the Lord up above,
In harmony as you gather.

Let the peace of Christ rule your heart,
Indeed in one body be called;
Pray and be thankful as you start,
He cleansed you where you had been flawed.

Let the Word of Christ dwell within,
Richly and teaching its wisdom;
To assist in avoiding sin,
Giving access to His Kingdom.

All that you do in word or deed,
Do it all in the name of Christ;
Giving thanks for all that you need,
Not letting you become enticed.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD ECEC BXBX FGFG HIHI C
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11101010 01000101 10101010 01011101 01011010 01001011 1101110 01101111 01111111 1110010 10001101 01001110 10111111 01011011 10110111 11111111 10111101 10010110 10100101 1011110 11110111 11100111 10111111 11010101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 826
Words 178
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

Whatever I Do Colossians 3:12-17

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Written on January 26, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on January 25, 2023

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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