Analysis of Enduring Steadfast Love



Save us, we pray, O Lord,
We pray and give success;
You are loved and adored,
Send prosperity to bless.

Bless the name of the Lord,
Blessing You in Your house;
Praising in one accord,
To worship with my spouse.

You O Lord are my God,
As You made Your light shine;
And we honor and laud,
As the Holy Divine.

Bind the rapt sacrifice,
With cords up to the horns;
As payment for the price,
On the altar that scorns.

You are always my God,
And I will give you cheers;
Another is a fraud,
You wipe away my tears.

For I will extol you,
Knowing that You are good;
Steadfast love that is true,
And precepts understood.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB ACAC DEFE GHGH DXFX IJIJ X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111111 110101 111001 1010011 101101 101011 100101 110111 111111 111111 011001 101001 10110 111101 110101 101011 11111 011111 010101 110111 111011 101111 11111 0101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 657
Words 155
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 71
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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His Steadfast Love Endures Forever Psalm 118:25-29

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Written on April 04, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on April 03, 2024

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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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