Analysis of Do No Evil



All of you are of one mind,
Of one mind in unity;
Humbled while being kind,
Compassion with dignity.

Show not evil for evil,
Rather give them a blessing;
Vengeance works for the devil,
Causing the darkness to bring,

Whoever wants to love life,
Desires to see good days;
Are able to endure strife,
Knowing that their heart obeys.

Avert with speaking deceit,
Evil from your lips and tongue;
Do not ever try to cheat,
Nor let false witness be flung.

Block evil to turn away,
For seeking peace to pursue;
Straight and narrow not to stray,
To the Lord remaining true.

For His eyes sees the righteous,
As His ears will hear their prayers;
He will be serving justice,
Against anyone who dares.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL X
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 1110100 101101 0101100 1110110 1011010 1011010 1001011 0101111 0101111 1101011 1011101 0111001 1011101 1110111 1111011 1101101 1101101 1010111 1010101 1111010 1111111 1111010 011011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 732
Words 159
Sentences 6
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 18

About this poem

Suffering for Righteousness' Sake 1 Peter 3:8-12

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Written on September 03, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on September 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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