Analysis of Remembering to Obey



You shall keep the whole commandment,
That was commanded unto you;
With remaining in alignment,
Through the Lord and always be true.

You will continue to be strong,
And keep possession of the land;
Because that is where you belong,
For obeying every command.

You may live long that the Lord gave,
Land that flows with milk and honey;
No longer will you be a slave,
Rather prosper making money.

For the land that you do possess,
Is not the land where you had been;
Sow your seed and reap the excess,
It is a new life to begin.

It’s a land with valleys and hills,
Drinks water from heavenly rain;
Come harvest the barn overfills,
Having more than abundant grain.

The Eyes of the Lord looks upon,
Having a very caring heart;
Beginning a new year at dawn,
Giving His children a new start.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH XIGI XJXJ X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11101010 11010101 10100010 1010111 11010111 01010101 01111101 101010001 11111011 11111010 11011101 10101010 10111101 11011111 1110101 11011101 10111001 11011001 110011 10110101 01101101 10010101 01001111 10110011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 833
Words 181
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Love and Serve the LORD Deuteronomy 11:8-12

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Written on January 11, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on January 10, 2024

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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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