Analysis of The High Priestly Prayer



Father, the hour has arrived,
Time to glorify Your Son;
Let Your chosen to be revived,
Because the job is nearly done.

Since You gave the authority,
Over all flesh eternal life;
For all those with sincerity,
Rid their trouble that causes strife.

For they know You are the true God,
And Jesus Christ whom You have sent;
Send Your Spirit to cleanse where flawed,
Who trust and are obedient.

I glorified You here on earth,
Accomplished what had to be done;
We are prepared for the new birth,
In bringing us Jesus Your Son.

Glorify me in Your presence,
Long before the world existed;
As You have given confidence,
To resist what has persisted.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XXXX EBEB FGFG X
Poetic Form
Metre 10010101 111011 11101101 01011101 11100100 10110101 11110100 11101101 11111011 01011111 11101111 11010100 1101111 01011111 11011011 01011011 1010110 10101010 11110100 10111010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 684
Words 145
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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The Eternity of Christ John 17:1-5

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Written on December 29, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on December 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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