Analysis of Everlasting



All our days will pass away,
We bring our years to an end;
Under His wrath within a day,
Like a sigh this life will suspend.

The years of life is seventy,
Yet their span is but of trouble;
By reason of strength of eighty,
Buried alive in the rubble.

They are gone as we fly away,
Who knows the power of anger;
Like an eagle to snatch a prey,
Your wrath of fear if you languor.

Teach us to number our days,
As to get a heart of wisdom;
Our mind on the Lord always,
In order to seek His Kingdom.

How long to return to the Lord,
His servants repent for pity;
It seems like we have been ignored,
Prepared to enter His City.

We are needing His steadfast love,
That we may rejoice and be glad;
As it pours down from up above,
The blessings come forth every day.

We need to be glad as many days,
As we have been made afflicted;
Temptation of evil that strays,
Causing to become addicted.

Let the work of the Lord be shown,
To His children of their power;
Allowing the glory be known,
That will make the heathens cower.

Let the favor of our Lord,
Establish work of our hands;
As to being in one accord,
For satisfying His commands.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD AEAE FGFG HCHC IXIA FJFJ KEKE HLHL E
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 11101111 10110101 10111101 01111100 11111110 11011110 10010010 11111101 11010110 11101101 1111111 11110101 11101110 1011011 01011110 11101101 11001110 11111101 01110110 1110111 11101011 11111101 010111001 111111101 11111010 01011011 10101010 10110111 11101110 01001011 1110110 10101101 01011101 11100101 1100101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,128
Words 227
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Counting the Days Psalm 90:9-17

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Written on November 05, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on November 04, 2021

Modified on April 26, 2023

1:08 min read
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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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