Analysis of Eternal Love



Give thanks unto the Lord,
Love endures forever;
He is good and adored,
Steadfast not to sever.

Give thanks to God of gods,
Because of steadfast love;
All others are frauds,
Only true God thereof.

Thanks to the Lord of lords,
His steadfast love endures;
All others make discords,
That makes many detours.

For He makes great wonders,
Because of steadfast love;
Made perfect no blunders,
Keeps flowing from above.

He has understanding,
When He had made Heaven;
His mercy commanding,
That His grace has given.

He has spread out the earth,
Stretched above the waters;
Gave us the gift of birth,
To have sons and daughters.

He has made the great light,
His love will not sever;
Sun by day, moon by night,
To endure forever.

The sun rules by the day,
Moon and stars rule by night;
To the Lord they obey,
And being His delight.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme abab cDxd xece fDfd ghgh ifif jbjb kjkj b
Poetic Form
Metre 111001 101010 111001 11110 111111 01111 11011 10111 110111 11101 11011 111001 111110 01111 101110 110101 11010 111110 110010 111110 111101 101010 110111 111010 111011 111110 111111 101010 011101 101111 101101 010101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 829
Words 154
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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His Steadfast Love Endures Forever Psalm 136:1-9

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Written on August 06, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on August 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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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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