Analysis of The Nature of the Resurrection
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
What is sown is perishable,
So is awakened of the dead;
What is raised is cherishable,
That has been asleep in their bed.
It has been sown with dishonor,
And raised in glory from weakness;
With the power of a fawner,
Having an outlook of bleakness.
Body sowed as a natural one,
But one raised up as spiritual;
In being a daughter or son,
Living a life that is noble.
Adam was the first living man,
The new Adam living spirit;
Since the first Adam had no plan,
And had a downfall in merit.
The spiritual does not come first,
For the first man comes from the earth;
From the dust the desires thirst,
Ever since God had given him birth.
The second man came from Heaven,
Who is Jesus Christ our Lord;
Eternal life He has given,
To everyone in one accord.
As was the man who came from dust,
As to from death he will return;
For being controlled by his lust,
Eternal life he did not earn.
Just as in his image are born,
The image of the man of dust;
A spiritual mind to sojourn,
That in Heaven puts our trust.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
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Metre | 11111000 11010101 11111 11101011 11111010 01010110 1010101 1011110 101101001 111111000 01001011 10011110 10101101 01101010 10110111 0101010 010001111 10111101 10100101 101111011 01011110 11101101 01011110 1100101 11011111 11111101 11001111 01011111 11011011 01010111 010001110 10101101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,051 |
Words | 240 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
The Resurrection Body 1 Corinthians 15:42-49
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Written on January 21, 2023
Submitted by sir_ricky on January 20, 2023
Modified on March 29, 2023
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