Analysis of The Spirit against the Flesh
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Gratify not flesh desires,
Rather do walk by the Spirit;
Whatever the flesh requires,
Will curtail what you inherit.
Those wants are against the Spirit,
For they are against each other;
Being immorally merit,
Shaming your sister and brother.
If you are led by the Spirit,
Then you are not under the Law;
You will get what you inherit,
Purifying you from your flaw.
Works of the flesh that manifest,
From sexual immorality;
Jealousy with envious zest,
Having thoughts of impurity.
I warn you as warned you before,
You enter not the Kingdom of God;
Because the Lord will lock the door,
Your transgressions are outlawed.
The fruit of the Spirit is love,
Joy and patience and self-control;
Against such things, no law thereof,
For blocking access to your soul.
Those who belong to Jesus Christ,
Then their flesh has been crucified;
And they will not become enticed,
By lust, the flesh is gratified.
Keep in step, walk in the Spirit,
Throughout each day while you live;
Never let this world inhibit,
Causing the Lord not to forgive.
Let us not become conceited,
Nor provoking one another;
Nor envy to have competed,
Against your sister or brother.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010 10111010 1001010 10111010 11101010 11101110 10110 10110010 11111010 11111001 11111010 1001111 1101110 11000100 10011001 10110100 11111101 110101011 01011101 101011 01101011 10100101 0111111 1101111 11011101 1111110 01110101 1101110 10110010 0111111 10111010 10011101 11101010 10101010 11011010 01110110 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,191 |
Words | 247 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Keep in Step with the Spirit Galatians 5:16-25
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Written on March 07, 2023
Submitted by sir_ricky on March 06, 2023
Modified on March 07, 2023
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