Analysis of Holy Living Calling



The Spirit has purified your soul,
Through obedience to the truth;
Allowing the Lord to control,
No longer in being uncouth.

Having sincere brotherly love,
Love earnestly from a pure heart;
That is flowing from up above,
In giving you a blessed start.

Because you have been born again,
Not of a perishable seed;
But imperishable from grain,
For growing your spiritual need.

It lives and abides forever,
Abiding in the Word of God;
Strengthened that it will not sever,
And never by becoming flawed.

For all flesh is like a flower,
That glory shines as the Lord calls;
At the coming of the hour,
It withers as the flower falls.

But the Word of God will remain,
When you are preaching the Good News;
To strengthen your faith as you gain,
Of the righteous path that you choose.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEFE GXGX GHGH FIFI G
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 01011011 10100101 01001101 11001011 10011001 11001011 11101101 0101011 01111101 11010001 1111 110110001 11001010 01000111 10111110 01010101 11111010 11011011 10101010 11010101 10111101 11110011 11011111 10101111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 819
Words 174
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

Called to Be Holy 1 Peter 1:22-25

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Written on April 03, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on April 02, 2023

Modified on April 02, 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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