Analysis of Dreams



The mystery is revealed,
In a vision of the night;
The message that was concealed,
God in Heaven gave insight.

Bless be the name of the Lord,
Who belongs wisdom and might;
For He is loved and adored,
As He guides us with His light.

He changes time and season,
He removes and sets up kings;
His knowledge is the reason,
That His understanding brings.

The secret things He reveals,
What is hidden in darkness;
The source of what dwells it heals,
Clothes us in our starkness.

I thank the Lord our God,
I give Him the thanks and praise;
Wisdom and might to applaud,
Making known throughout my days.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CBCB DEDE FXFX XGXG X
Poetic Form
Metre 0100101 0010101 0101101 101011 1101101 1011001 1111001 1111111 1101010 1010111 1101010 110101 0101101 1110010 0111111 1101010 1101101 1110101 1001101 1010111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 639
Words 140
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Wisdom and Might Are His Daniel 2:19-23

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Written on December 15, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on December 14, 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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