Analysis of Fight the Good Fight



O man of God, flee these things,
For pursuing righteousness;
With the faith and love it brings,
Will be giving godliness.

Fight the good fight of your faith,
Take hold of eternal life;
So that darkness does not wraith,
Causing you toil and strife.

For you which you have been called,
Making the good confession;
Curing where you have been flawed,
To witness your profession.

I charge you in the presence,
Of God who gives life to all;
Testimony in essence,
For witnessing of your call.

Keep the commandment unstained,
Free from a reprehension;
With question fully explained,
For having comprehension.

For God at the proper time,
In showing the Sovereign Lord,
Of judgment of any crime,
That another has ignored.

For He is the King of kings,
As well as the Lord of lords;
To what His righteousness brings,
Of the morality towards.

He has immortality,
And in unreachable light;
No accessibility,
Without favor in His sight.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AXAA BCBC XDXD EFEF GDGD HIHI AJAJ KLKL X
Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 930
Words 164
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 18

About this poem

The Good Confession 1 Timothy 6:11-16

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Written on August 22, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on August 21, 2021

Modified on April 17, 2023

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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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