Analysis of Taw
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Let me cry come near before You,
Give understanding to Your Word;
So I can speak everything true,
While living in one accord.
Let my supplication I plea,
Deliver according to Your Word;
Open my eyes so I can see,
Along with my ears that I heard.
My lips will utter forth Your praise,
For You have taught me Your statutes;
Because You are beloved always,
Reaping from me the choice fresh fruits.
My tongue will be singing Your Word,
For all Your commandments are right;
While speaking nothing is slurred,
While I remain in the light.
Let Your hand always be ready,
For I have chosen Your precept;
Staying the course slow and steady,
So Satan does not intercept.
I have longed for Your salvation,
Because Your Law is my delight;
And to be Your new creation,
Wanting to do everything right.
Let me praise and my soul to live,
As Your rules and judgment assist;
Throughout the past, You did forgive,
From temptations, I tried to resist.
They have caused me to go astray,
Since I acted like a lost sheep;
Help Your servant as to obey,
Through Your teaching and You may reap.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAX CBCB DEDE BFBF CGCG HFHF XIXI JKJK X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111011 1010111 1111101 1100101 11111 010010111 10111111 01111111 11110111 11111110 0111011 10110111 11111011 11101011 1101011 1101001 1111110 1111011 10011010 1101101 11111010 01111101 01111010 1011101 11101111 11101001 01011101 101011101 11111101 11101011 11101101 11100111 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,117 |
Words | 241 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
Understanding Psalm 119:169-176
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Written on September 12, 2022
Submitted by sir_ricky on September 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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