Analysis of Commending Faith
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
What more can I say,
For time would fail me;
Faith conquers today,
Of deceit that you see.
The enforced justice,
Stopped mouths of lions;
From the false promise,
Of disguised demons.
Fire has power,
That needs to be quenched,
Stronger each hour,
If it is not drenched.
Strength comes from weakness,
And mighty in war;
As faith sees bleakness,
To fight evermore.
Women get their dead,
Who refuse release;
Revived after fed,
When the war will cease.
They start a new life,
Better than the past;
Without all the strife,
Life be ever last.
Others will suffer,
Flogged being mocked;
Christ not to buffer,
Since their faith, they squawked.
For they have been stoned,
And killed by the sword;
God had not atoned,
Not saved by the Lord.
They wandered like sheep,
Wearing skins from goats;
On the ground did sleep,
Ate honey and oats.
They are not worthy,
To live in the caves;
Since they are mouthy,
And as sinful slaves.
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG FHFH IFIF EFEF FFFF JKJK BLBL E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 11111 11001 101111 00110 11110 10110 10110 10110 11111 10110 11111 11110 01001 11110 1110 10111 10101 01101 10111 11011 10101 01101 11101 10110 1101 11110 11111 11111 01101 1111 11101 11011 10111 10111 11001 11110 11001 11110 01101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 963 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
Strength from Weakness Hebrews 11:32-38
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