Analysis of Tet



He has dealt well with His servant,
Teaching good judgment and wisdom;
Showing a love that is fervent,
Prepared to enter His Kingdom.

For the knowledge that I am taught,
Gives faith to trust His commandments;
In the trueness that I have sought,
Reflects on holy achievements.

I was stricken and went astray,
But now I am keeping His Word;
I learned how to trust and obey,
Upon the Scriptures from the Lord.

The Lord is good and doing good,
By teaching me all His precepts;
For doing as to what I should,
Keeping His spiritual concepts.

The insolent smear me with lies,
As they have devised against me;
But His Word has opened my eyes,
For all the deceit I can see.

Their hearts are unfeeling as fat,
But I will delight in His Law;
As I remain His diplomat,
No longer scarred with any flaw.

It is good I was afflicted,
So that I might learn His statute;
Learning that my sin convicted,
That started to spoil my fruit.

The Law that comes upon my ear,
Is better than silver and gold;
That has taught me how to revere,
As with clay, the potter does mold.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM XNXN X
Poetic Form
Metre 11111110 10110010 10011110 01110110 10101111 11111010 0011111 01110010 11100101 11111011 11111001 01010101 01110101 1101111 11011111 101100010 01001111 11101011 11111011 11001111 11101011 11101011 1101110 11011101 11111010 11111110 10111010 1101111 01110111 11011001 11111101 11101011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,099
Words 243
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Better Than Gold Psalm 119:65-72

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Written on June 12, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on June 11, 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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