Analysis of EarthCare



You visit Earth and give water,
Which greatly enriches the land;
Blessing birth of son or daughter,
Of parenthood as preplanned.

Full of water is the river,
Nourishment provided for grain;
For the growth it will deliver,
A rich crop yields on the terrain.

Water furrows abundantly,
Softening it with its shower;
Blessing its growth flamboyantly,
Growing up just like a tower.

You crown the year with abundance,
As the wagon tracks overflow;
O God, we do have dependence,
Upon Your wondrous work, You know.

The pastures of the wilderness,
Girds joy themselves for the grazing;
As the sheep and cattle will bless,
A place for their young in raising.

The pastures being clothed with flocks,
The valleys are covered with wheat;
A resting place for bull and ox,
To rest a while from the heat.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB ACAC DADA EFEF XGXG HIHI A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11010110 11001001 10111110 11011 11101010 10001011 10111010 01111001 1010100 10011110 10110100 10111010 11011010 1010110 11111010 01110111 01010100 11011010 10101011 01111010 01010111 01011011 01011101 1101101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 834
Words 172
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) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Singing Meadows Psalm 65: 9-13

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Written on April 22, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on April 21, 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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