Analysis of The Apostle Example
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
You have all that you desire,
Already you became wealthy;
But you still did not acquire,
A soul spiritually healthy.
Without me, you live like a king,
Within your kingdom you do reign;
But your ruling will never bring,
A cessation of inner pain.
I think that God has set forth to us,
Like men that are sentenced to death;
To become spectacles as thus,
To others with a bated breath.
We are fools for the sake of Christ,
For being weak but being wise;
Honor and strength that have enticed,
Even though we have been despised.
At present, we hunger and thirst,
Feeling poorly dressed and homeless;
Suffering like we feel as cursed,
But knowing that the Lord will bless.
We are working with our hands,
When persecuted we endure;
Throughout the day what it demands,
The blessings from God reassure.
When we are slandered, we entreat,
We have become and will be still;
Not be trodden under the feet,
Those who are spiritually ill.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX HEHX IJIJ GKXK A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010 01010110 11111010 011000010 01111101 01110111 11101101 0101101 111111111 11111011 10110011 11010101 11110111 11011101 10011101 10111101 11011001 10101010 10011111 11010111 11101101 1100101 01011101 0101101 1111011 11010111 11101001 111100001 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 971 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
The Ministry of Apostles 1 Corinthians 4:8-13
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Written on September 14, 2022
Submitted by sir_ricky on September 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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