Analysis of Invocation of Witnesses
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
O Heaven, give an ear,
Let the earth hear the Word;
I speak since I revere,
As spoken of the Lord.
His teaching drops as rain,
With speech distill as dew;
Showers upon the grain,
As the tender grass grew.
For I always proclaim,
How great is our God;
For the Lord in His name,
That I honor and laud.
For His work is perfect,
As His ways are justice;
To righteously protect,
To comfort the helpless.
Foes have been corrupted,
No longer His child;
For they have disrupted,
Peace by going wild.
Do you repay the Lord,
As foolish and senseless;
His Word you have ignored,
Harming the defenseless.
Remember the old days,
Of past generations;
As taught how one obeys,
Making reparations.
When God of the Most High,
Gave the inheritance,
You never questioned why,
Of evil existence.
It is to His people,
Part of His heritage;
Who praise in His temple,
The right of their passage.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | XXXA BCBC DXDX EFEF GHGH AFAF IJIJ KLKL MNMN X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 101101 111101 110101 110111 110111 100101 101011 11101 111101 101011 111001 111101 111110 110001 110010 111010 11011 111010 11101 110101 110010 111101 100010 010011 11010 111101 10010 111011 100100 110101 110010 111110 111100 110110 011110 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 920 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
Song of Moses Deuteronomy 32:1-9
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