Analysis of Invocation of Witnesses



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
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

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Song of Moses Deuteronomy 32:1-9

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Written on June 08, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on June 07, 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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