Analysis of Day of the Lord



Since all things are to be dissolved,
What sort of person you will be;
Godliness life as evolved,
With knowledge and wisdom to see.

Waiting for and hasten the day,
When Heaven is set on fire;
Perishing all who disobey,
Melting all earthly desire.

But the promise of a new earth,
A new Heaven righteously dwell;
God in giving us a new birth,
Satan to be banished to hell.

Since you are waiting for such things,
Be diligent you may be found;
Without spot nor blemish that clings,
Be at peace till you hear the sound.

Account that the longsuffering,
Of our Lord as salvation;
His wisdom gives you buffering,
As being His new creation.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ D
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 11110111 11101 11001011 10101001 11011110 1001101 10110010 10101011 01101001 10101011 10111011 11110111 11001111 01111011 11111101 01101 11011010 11011100 11011010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 676
Words 145
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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The Day of the Lord Will Come 2 Peter 3:11-15

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Written on November 04, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on November 03, 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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