Laziness
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Consider her ways as wise;
Winter soon with a blizzard,
For the future open eyes.
Without having any guide,
No overseer or ruler;
Taking your journey in stride,
Vigilant of the fouler.
She prepares bread in summer,
Gather her food in harvest;
For winter is a bummer,
Without the food to digest.
How long will you be lying,
When will you rise from your sleep;
You are not even trying,
For preparing to reap.
Having a little slumber,
Folding of the hands to rest;
Motionless like some lumber,
Not showing the Lord your best.
You shall live in poverty,
Being like an armed robber;
Immoral since puberty,
In water like a bobber.
Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer
About this poem
Idleness Proverbs 6:6-11
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Written on November 19, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on November 18, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB ACAC CACA DEDE CACA ACAC C |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 698 |
Words | 154 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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