Analysis of The Two Ways
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
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 |
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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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