Analysis of Pragmatic Counsel



I love and long for,
My joy and my crown;
Standing fast much more,
The Lord I renown.

I bid to agree,
My true companion;
Unto His decree,
From His dominion.

I sweat side by side,
Same mind with the Lord;
While I abide,
And in one accord.

I preach the Gospel,
For the Book of Life;
To save the people,
In the midst of strife.

Rejoice in the Lord,
For I say rejoice;
Abide in His Word,
In both mind and voice.

Let it be reason,
Be known as relief;
Commit no treason,
But follow belief.

The Lord is at hand,
Anxious for nothing;
Waiting where you stand,
What Heaven will bring.

Ask the Lord through prayer,
Through supplication;
The requests you share,
For vindication.

For the peace of God,
For guarding your heart;
Letting your mind laud,
His Word to impart.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH FIXI DJDJ KLKL MBMD XNXN X
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 11011 10111 01101 11101 11010 10101 11010 11111 11101 1101 00101 11010 10111 11010 00111 01001 11101 01011 01101 11110 11101 01110 11001 01111 10110 10111 11011 10111 11 00111 10010 10111 11011 10111 11101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 806
Words 193
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 61
Words per stanza (avg) 15

About this poem

Exhortation, Encouragement, and Prayer Philippians 4:1–7

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Written on March 30, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on March 29, 2022

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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