Analysis of MaturingTrials
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Count it as joy meeting trials,
Meeting trials of many kinds;
Because temptation defiles,
The virtue of holy minds.
It is trying to test patience,
But faith produces steadfastness;
Which will help your obedience,
Increasing to a new vastness.
Let patience have a full effect;
Lacking in nothing and complete;
And that you may become perfect,
Allowing your faith to defeat.
If any of you lacks wisdom,
Let him ask upon God in prayer;
Refuses such requests seldom,
And is always willing to share.
But in faith, you can always ask,
In your mind shedding any doubt;
Doubts like the wind with the task,
For waves of the sea tossed about.
Never suppose you will receive,
Any blessing down from the Lord;
But let your faith always believe,
Walking with Him in one accord.
The double mind is unstable,
Unstable thoughts in all their ways;
Pathway direction unable,
Controlling the person that strays.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010 10101101 010101 0101101 11101110 1101010 11110100 01010110 11010101 10010001 01110101 01011101 11011110 11101101 01010110 0111011 1011111 01110101 1101101 11101101 10011101 10101101 1111101 10110101 01011010 01010111 1010010 01001011 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 939 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Testing Your Faith James 1:2-8
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