Analysis of Love for Israel
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
When Israel was a child,
Out of Egypt God called His Son;
He loved them though they were wild,
Because of the things he had done.
As the more that they had been called,
The further they had gone away;
Sacrificing had made them flawed,
Burnt offerings caused them to stray.
But God had taught Ephraim to walk.
By taking them up by the arms;
Healing them from His little talk,
Shielding them from the one who harms.
God led them with cords of kindness,
Surrounded them with bands of love;
Opened their eyes from the blindness,
That Satan had caused them thereof.
He came to them to ease the yoke,
And bent down as the One who fed;
Never as the One to provoke,
Unto the promised land He led.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG HIHI X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100101 11101111 1111101 01101111 10111111 01011101 1001111 11001111 11111011 11011101 10111101 10110111 11111110 01011111 10111010 1101111 11111101 01110111 10101101 10010111 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 734 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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The LORD's Love for Israel Hosea 11:1-4
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