Analysis of A Deliverance Plea
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
How long will You forget me?
How long will You hide Your face?
O Lord, will You hear my plea,
I want to feel Your embrace.
How long must I take counsel,
Having sorrow in my heart;
All-day and night in my soul,
My plea can never depart.
Consider and answer me,
As my foes are exalted;
Light up my eyes as to see,
Help me I am exhausted.
Lest I sleep the sleep of death,
Because my foes have prevailed;
I am shaken out of breath,
Because of my quest has failed.
I trust in Your steadfast love,
Rejoicing in salvation;
Because of mercy thereof,
Makes me a new creation.
I will sing unto the Lord,
Since You deal beautifully;
You are so loved and adored,
As blessings come abundantly.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB XCXC AXAX DEDE FGFG HAHA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 1111111 1111111 1111101 1111110 1010011 1101011 1111001 0100101 1111010 1111111 1111010 1110111 0111101 1110111 0111111 110111 0100010 011101 1101010 1111001 111100 1111001 11010100 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
How Long, O LORD? Psalm 13
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Written on January 29, 2022
Submitted by richards.77936 on January 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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