Analysis of A Call to Good Works
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
I urge you as sojourners,
And exiles to abstain;
Fleshly passion yearners,
Against the soul to attain.
Keep conduct honorable,
When the evildoers speak;
Be dignified and noble,
To the glory that you seek.
So others see your good deeds,
As being glory to God;
Sharing with them of their needs,
And give God honor and laud.
Be subject for the Lord’s sake,
To every institution;
Respect kings of a mandate,
Proclaims a resolution.
Or the governors as sent,
Punish those who do evil;
Or do good to compliment,
Rule to ouster the devil.
For this is the will of God,
To silent foolish people;
Assure the good is not flawed,
And do praise in the temple.
Live as people who are free,
Not to cover up evil;
But as servants with a plea,
Looking for Christ’s arrival.
Honor and love everyone,
Submit to authority;
For the Father sends His Son,
In having supremacy.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEG XHXH ICIC FCGC JCJC HJHJ X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111100 01101 1101 0101101 1011000 101001 110010 1010111 1101111 1101011 1011111 0111001 1011011 1100010 011101 010010 1010011 1011110 1111100 1110010 1110111 1101010 0101111 0110010 1110111 1110110 1110101 1011010 100110 0110100 1010111 0100100 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 905 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submission to Authority 1 Peter 2:11-17
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