Analysis of God Speaks



Where were you when the Lord laid,
The foundation of the earth;
Understanding what He made,
The true value of its worth.

He defined its measurements,
And stretched the line upon it;
The marvelous achievements;
As brought forth by his merit.

When the morning stars sang out,
The sons of God shouted joy;
For there was never a doubt;
The reasons He did employ.

He shut in the sea the door,
When it burst out from the womb;
 Making a hole at its core,
To place Satan in his tomb.

God made the clouds its garment,
Thick darkness its swaddling band;
Sun-drenched as a fine raiment,
That showers down on the land.

For prescribed limits decreed,
Set in placing doors and bars;
Allowing time to proceed,
As God has set all the stars.

Hitherto that shall I go,
Here shall the proud waves to stay;
The blessings the Lord let flow,
If creation will not stray.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG XHAH IJIJ KLKL X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011011 0010101 010111 0110111 1011100 0101011 0100010 1111110 1010111 0111101 1111001 0101101 1100101 1111101 1001111 1110011 1101110 110111 111011 1101101 1011001 1010101 0101101 1111101 111111 1101111 0100111 1010111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 896
Words 197
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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By His Mighty Works Job 38:4-11

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Written on April 17, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on April 16, 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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