Analysis of The Two Ways



Bless the man who avoids evil,
Nor stands in the way of sinners;
Nor sits with those of the devil,
For they are heavenly winners.

Delight in the Law of the Lord,
Meditate on it day and night;
Being in step in one accord,
And be a blessing in His sight.

Like a tree planted by a stream.
In its season its fruit will yield;
Leaves not wither for its esteem,
Will be prosperous in the field.

The ungodly will never be,
Like chaff that the wind drives away;
They are merely too blind to see,
Because they keep going astray.

In judgment, evil cannot stand,
Nor sinners before the righteous;
Rather will be on sinking sand,
And condemned by godly justice.

For the Lord is knowing the way,
That the ungodly shall perish;
Since the righteous will never stray,
Being a delight God will cherish.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ HKHK X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 10110110 11001110 11111010 11110010 01001101 1011101 10010101 01010011 10110101 01101111 11101101 11100001 00101101 11101101 11101111 01111001 01010101 11001010 10111101 00111010 10111001 10010110 10101101 100011110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 831
Words 181
Sentences 8
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) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked Psalm 1

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Written on March 15, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on March 14, 2023

Modified on March 14, 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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