Analysis of Live in Love



Be imitators of God,
As a beloved child;
Giving Him honor and laud,
Never to be defiled.

Walk in love as Christ does love,
Offering to sacrifice;
Who gave up Himself thereof,
A ransom that paid the price.

Lustful immorality,
Fornicate covetousness;
Such unclean impurity,
Pleasure in enviousness.

Let there be not foolish talk,
That leads to jokingly crude;
Rather thanking as you walk,
Never trying to be rude.

The sexually impure,
And virtually unclean;
Sickness in needing to cure,
No inheritance is seen.

Let nobody deceive you,
Having disobedience;
Empty words that are not true,
That God has taken offense.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AXXA BCBC DCDC EFEF GHGH IXIX X
Poetic Form
Metre 110011 10011 1011001 10111 1011111 100110 111011 0101101 100100 11 1010100 1001 1111101 1111001 1010111 1010111 0100001 0100001 1001011 1010011 11011 100100 1011111 1111001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 658
Words 136
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 74
Words per stanza (avg) 15

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Walk in Love Ephesians 5:1-6

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Written on May 03, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on May 02, 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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