Analysis of Out of Jealousy



I hope that you will bear with me,
Bear with me with some foolishness;
I feel a divine jealousy,
Been betrothed with this blessedness.

Being betrothed to one husband,
With being a pure virgin to Christ;
And the way that God did command,
In thirty years be sacrificed.

I fear that the serpent deceived,
And your thoughts would be led astray;
Devotion to Christ not received,
That had caused you to disobey.

If someone comes as to proclaim,
Another Jesus than we know;
Different gospels not the same,
Confront by asking them to show.

I am at least not inferior,
What super-apostles have taught;
In no way am I superior,
Unto prophets that I have sought.

If I am unskilled in speaking,
I am not so in the wisdom;
For I know what I am seeking,
That can be found in His Kingdom.

Because of the knowledge I gain,
And thoroughly made manifest;
In all things, it has been made plain,
As you are living out your quest.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM H
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 11111100 11001100 1111100 1011110 110011011 00111101 0101110 11101001 01111101 01011101 1111101 1111101 01010111 10010101 01110111 111110100 11001011 011110100 10101111 11101010 11110010 11111110 11110110 01101011 0100110 01111111 11110111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 956
Words 208
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) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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The False Apostles 2 Corinthians 11:1-6

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Written on November 08, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on November 07, 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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