Analysis of Mystery and Victory



I will tell you a mystery.
We shall not be able to sleep;
And part of our victory,
That will be causing joy to leap.

We shall all appear to transform,
Within a twinkling of an eye;
Being rebirth in a new norm,
When you hear the trumpet will cry.

When you hear the last trumpet sound,
All of the dead will have risen;
Their journey will be Heaven bound,
Where a coffin did imprison.

A body imperishable,
And having immortality;
No longer as corruptible,
Filled with spirituality.

Death is swallowed in victory,
No longer death has any sting;
Because the grave is history,
Only goodness can the Lord bring.

For the sting of death comes from sin,
The power of sin is the Law;
Thanks to God new life will begin,
Without fear of taking a fall.

Victory comes from Jesus Christ,
In your labor is not in vain;
Letting not earthly things enticed,
For desires will cause you pain.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA AHAH IGIG JKJK X
Poetic Form
Metre 11110100 11111011 01110100 11110111 11101101 010100111 10010011 11101011 11101101 11011110 11011101 10101010 0101 0100100 11010100 1100100 11100100 11011101 01011100 10101011 10111111 01011101 11111101 01111001 10011101 01101101 10110101 10101111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 917
Words 201
Sentences 9
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Victorious Resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

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Written on July 04, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on July 03, 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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