Analysis of Calm and Quiet Soul



My heart is not lifted O Lord,
My eyes are not raised up too high;
Do not as if being ignored,
While you are hearing my cry.

I absorb not myself with things,
Too great and marvelous for me;
I just look for heavenly things,
Great matters that my eyes can see.

I want to calm and quiet my soul,
From his mother a weaned child;
A weaned child to reach my goal,
No longer to be defiled.

I keep faith and hope in the Lord,
From this time forevermore;
And to remain in one accord,
Always to love and to adore.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEA AFAF F
Poetic Form
Metre 11111011 11111111 11111001 1111011 1011111 11010011 11111001 11011111 111101011 1110011 0111111 110111 11101001 1111 01010101 1110101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 547
Words 127
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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A Childlike Spirit Psalm 131

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Written on September 06, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on September 05, 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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