Analysis of The False Prophet



If a prophet or a dreamer,
Gives you a sign or a wonder;
They could just be as a schemer
In making your mind to wander.

A sign or wonder comes to pass,
Wants you to go another path;
For going through the looking glass,
Unknowingly to feel the wrath.

You shall not listen that is heard,
The prophet or dreamer of dreams;
For they do not speak a true word,
Only speaking of what blasphemes.

The Lord your God is testing you,
To see if you do love the Lord;
And if your heart and soul are true,
Whether He is loved and adored.

Walk after the Lord our God,
Fear Him and keep His commandments;
Obey as you honor and laud,
Serve and honor His achievements.

Prophets and dreamers will see death,
They were being taught to rebel;
Purged by the Lord of their last breath,
And then being tossed into hell.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AAAA BCBC DXDB EFEF XGXG HXHX A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 10101010 11011010 11111010 01011110 01110111 11110101 11010101 01001101 11110111 01011011 11111011 1010111 01111101 11111101 01110111 10111001 11001101 11011010 01111001 10101010 10010111 10101110 11011111 01101011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 842
Words 188
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

A Test for False Prophets Deuteronomy 13:1-5

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Written on May 31, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on May 30, 2022

Modified on April 24, 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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