Analysis of Witnessing Creation



Heaven declares glory to God,
The sky above proclaims His deeds;
His handiwork we fete to laud,
The perfection that He exceeds.

Day after day pours out speech,
And night-to-night He reveals wisdom;
He shows knowledge that we beseech,
Of the beauty of His Kingdom.

There are no words that are not heard,
But His voice goes out through the earth;
To the ends of the earth are hurled,
Words that are of a priceless worth.

He has set a tent for the sun,
Another one set for the moon;
The sun comes till the day is done,
As the moon plays till morning tune.

Like the bridegroom leaves His chamber,
The strong man is running His course;
Well rested after His slumber,
He saddles and rides His white horse.

He rides from the end of Heaven,
Its tour to the ends of the earth;
Nothing hidden what is given,
From its heat causing a rebirth.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA BCBC XDXD EFEF GHGH EDED G
Poetic Form
Metre 10011011 01010111 1101111 00101101 1101111 011110110 11101101 10101110 11111111 11111101 10110111 11110101 11101101 01011101 01110111 10111101 1011110 01111011 11010110 11001111 11101110 11101101 10101110 11110001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 876
Words 191
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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The Law of the LORD Is Perfect Psalm 19:1-6

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Written on September 11, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on September 10, 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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