Analysis of Humbly Proud
What causes quarrels and fights,
That your passions are at war;
While causing sleepless nights,
Regardless, if near or far.
You desire but have not,
So you murder to obtain;
Coveting what you have sought,
Not satisfied to retain.
You ask and do not receive,
Because you are asking wrong;
Your passions try to deceive,
Because your desires long.
You adulterous people,
Knowing not of friendship here;
Being foe to the Gospel,
In God of having no fear.
Do you think Scripture is vain?
Jealous over the Spirit;
The lusting over His reign,
Watching within your merit.
But He is giving you grace,
As God opposes the proud;
The humble He does embrace,
While His grace is allowed.
Submit yourself to the Lord,
Resist the devil within;
To remain in one accord,
Which will free you from the sin.
If you draw near to the Lord,
God will draw nearer to you;
He will bless with a reward,
When purified hearts are true.
Let your laughter rid mourning,
As your joy abolish gloom;
Worship God for adorning,
That eliminates the doom.
Humble yourself before God,
And He will glorify you;
When you give honor and laud,
If sincerity is true.
Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | AXAX XBXB CDCD EXEX BFBF GHGH IJIJ IKIK LMLM XKXK X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001 1110111 110101 0101111 1010111 1110101 11111 110101 1101101 0111101 1101101 0110101 1010010 1011101 1011010 0111011 1111011 1010010 0101011 1001110 1111011 1101001 0101101 111101 0101101 0101001 1010101 1111101 1111101 1111011 1111001 110111 1110110 1110101 1011010 101001 1001011 011101 1111001 1010011 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,122 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Warning Against Worldliness James 4:1–10
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Written on July 26, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on July 25, 2021
Modified on March 15, 2023
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