Analysis of The Servant's Mission



God created Heaven and earth,
Spread the earth to give it form;
Multiply people to give birth,
Gave seasons allowing to warm.

The Lord called us in righteousness,
And He will take us by the hand;
In following Him He will bless,
A covenant He does command.

He opens the eyes that are blind,
From those who sit in the darkness;
Those in anger He will make kind,
Soothing those who are in distress.

Praise the Lord, glory to His name,
No other idols shall I praise;
As I continue to proclaim,
Throughout the night and all my days.

The former things have come to pass,
And the new things I now declare;
Spring forth for telling all the mass,
Giving them the good news to share.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDED FCFE GHGH IJIJ X
Poetic Form
Metre 10101001 1011111 1010111 11001011 01110100 01111101 01001111 01001101 11001111 11110010 10101111 10111001 10110111 11010111 11010101 01010111 01011111 00111101 11110101 10101111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 719
Words 158
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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The LORD's Chosen Servant Isaiah 42:5-9

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Written on April 21, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on April 20, 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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