Analysis of LORD Dependence
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
To You I lift up my soul,
O my God in You I trust;
And in You I will console,
Because You are fair and just.
Let me not be put to shame,
Nor foes triumph over me;
For in You I do proclaim,
With lowly humility.
Those who wait will see no shame,
Only transgressed without cause;
No confession to proclaim,
To rid their body of flaws.
Make me to know of Your way,
As You teach me of Your path;
Temptations causing to stray,
Help me to avoid Your wrath.
Teach to lead me in Your truth,
As God of my salvation;
Remembering from my youth,
To be a new creation.
For I wait throughout the day,
Your tender mercy and grace;
For Your steadfast love I pray,
Awaiting to see Your face.
Erase the sins of my youth,
For the sake of Your goodness;
No longer am I uncouth,
I do not practice rudeness.
My Lord is good and upright,
Teaching sinners in Your way;
To find favor in Your sight,
Able to properly pray.
You guide the meek to do right,
Teaching the humble Your way;
Your steadfast love gives us might,
For resisting not to stray.
Faithfulness and steadfast love,
For those who cannot deny;
Mercy and truth from above,
Are willing to testify.
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD CXCX EFEF GHGH EIEI GJGJ KEKE KEKE LMLM X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 1110111 0011110 0111101 1111111 1110101 1011101 1100100 1111111 1001011 1010101 1111011 1111111 1111111 0101011 1110111 1111011 1111010 0100111 1101010 1110101 1101001 111111 0101111 0101111 1011110 1101111 1111010 1111001 1010011 1110011 1011001 1101111 1001011 111111 1010111 1011 1111001 1001101 110110 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,185 |
Words | 275 |
Sentences | 11 |
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) | 20 |
About this poem
Teach Me Your Paths Psalm 25:1-10
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Written on December 14, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on December 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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