Analysis of Who Believes



Who has believed what he has heard,
The arm of the Lord been revealed;
Believing as shown in the Word,
To be considered as their shield.

For He grew up like a young plant,
Like a root out of the dry ground;
No form of beauty to enchant,
To desire that would astound.

He was despised and rejected,
A man of sorrows and having grief;
Dealt as if He was infected,
Esteemed Him not in disbelief.

He has borne the grief and sorrow,
Yet is smitten and afflicted;
As giving hope for tomorrow,
To those that have been convicted.

He was pierced for the transgression,
Crushed for our iniquity;
Chastisement through a confession,
Heals our immorality.

We are like sheep who went astray,
Iniquity laid on the Lord;
We can return unto His way,
And start being in one accord.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEFE GFGF HIHI JKJK X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11011111 01101101 01011001 11010111 11111011 10111011 11110101 10101101 11010010 011100101 11111010 0111001 11101010 11100010 1101101 11111010 11110010 11100100 110010 1100100 11111101 01001101 11011011 01100101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 779
Words 146
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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A Pardon Undeserved Isaiah 53:1-6

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Written on September 18, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on September 17, 2021

Modified on March 05, 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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