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 |
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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 |
About this poem
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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