Analysis of New Living



I testify in the Lord,
That you must no longer walk;
Like the Gentiles ignored,
The futile way how they talk.

Their minds with their vanity,
Darkened in understanding;
The brink of insanity,
By what they are demanding.

Alienated from God,
For hardening of the heart;
Ignorance has made them flawed,
As they spiritually depart.

As they have become callous,
Given themselves up to greed;
Drank from the impure chalice,
Chasing the sensual seed.

That is not how you were taught,
To follow the way of Christ;
You have gone out and sought,
Deceitful things that enticed.

Your old self you must discard,
From your old manner of life;
Let His Spirit be your guard,
From any toils and strife.

Renew the soul of your mind,
Get your new self and put on;
Be righteously realigned,
For a new day and new dawn.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE XFXF GHGH IJIJ KXKX X
Poetic Form
Metre 110001 1111101 10101 0101111 1111100 100010 0110100 1111010 100011 1100101 1001111 111000001 1110110 1001111 1100110 1001001 1111101 1100111 111101 0101101 1111101 1111011 1110111 110101 0101111 1111011 1100001 1011011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 844
Words 183
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

Living the New Life Ephesians 4:17-24

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Written on September 29, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on September 28, 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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