Analysis of The False Prophet
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
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.
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Scheme | AAAA BCBC DXDB EFEF XGXG HXHX A |
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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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