Analysis of The Living Stone
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
You are of the chosen race,
People of His possession;
Royal priesthood to embrace,
Part of a holy nation.
Proclaim the excellencies,
Who called you out of darkness;
To His illuminances,
And has clothed of your starkness.
Once you were not His people,
But now you are of the Lord;
With mercy through the Gospel,
And being in one accord.
I urge you as sojourners,
To abstain from the passions;
Causing you to be sinners,
Lusting of earthly fashions.
It wages war on your soul,
Keep conduct honorable;
Do not let Satan control,
To God be favorable.
So when evildoers speak,
They may see all your good deeds;
Glorify God as you seek,
All the goodness that proceeds.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB XXAX CDCD EFEF GCGC HIHI X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1011010 1010101 1101010 010110 1111110 111 0111110 1101110 1111101 1101010 0100101 1111100 1011010 1011110 1011010 1101111 1011000 1111001 1111000 111001 1111111 101111 1010101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 708 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
Extravagant Love 1 Peter 2:9–12
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