Analysis of The Fame



The Lord possessed me from the start,
On the first of His acts of old;
Ages ago taken to heart,
As the earth began to unfold.

There were no depths that had been brought,
No springs abounding with water,
Before the parents had begot,
To bear a son or daughter.

Before mountains had taken shape,
He was brought forth before the hills;
Before the fields and the seascape,
Into the deep that water fills.

Before making the dust and fields,
Before earth He prepared Heaven;
The trees had draped over as shields,
While ripened fruit was given.

He had made the skies up above,
Established fountains of the deep;
Allowed the spreading of His love,
As the darkness allows us to sleep.

He set a limit to the sea,
That the waters would not transgress;
Given to the waters a decree,
The foundation that they possess.

I was beside Him, as His delight,
Rejoicing before Him always;
Inhabited world in His sight,
Sons and daughters singing Him praise.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN D
Poetic Form
Metre 01011101 10111111 10011011 10101101 10111111 11010110 01010101 1101110 01101101 11110101 0101001 01011101 01100101 01110110 01111011 1101110 11101101 01010101 01010111 101001111 11010101 10101101 101010001 00101101 110111101 0100111 01001011 10101011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 983
Words 208
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Wisdom’s Appeal Proverbs 8:22-31

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Written on November 23, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on November 22, 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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