Analysis of A Sinner Portrait
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
The fool says from his heart,
That there is not a God;
They are dumb to impart,
A statement that is flawed.
They do terrible deeds,
Nothing that does you good;
Conceited with their needs,
That only evil would.
God looks down from Heaven,
On the children of man;
Sees no one has given,
Honor unto His plan.
None seem to understand,
And are not seeking God;
Follows not His command,
Shows not honor and laud.
They have all turned aside,
And became defiled;
His Law not abide,
Like a spoiled child.
Do any of them know,
Of their iniquity;
The direction they go,
With their audacity.
They do not call the Lord,
While eating His bread;
Because they have ignored,
God will convict them dead.
There they are in great fear,
God is with the righteous;
They are humbly sincere,
Never as contentious,
They shame plans of the poor,
But God is the refuge;
For they do not ignore,
Blessings are a deluge.
Salvation would come out,
When the Lord does restore;
Because there is no doubt,
As we rejoice and adore.
Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAC DEDE FGFG HBHC IAIX JKJK LMLM NONO XPQP RQRQ X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111 111101 111101 010111 111001 101111 010111 110101 111110 101011 111110 101011 11101 011101 101101 111001 111101 0011 11101 1011 110111 110100 001011 110100 111101 11011 011101 111011 111011 111010 111001 101010 111101 111010 111101 101010 010111 101101 011111 1101001 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 997 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
The Fool Says, “There Is No God” Psalm 14
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Written on September 09, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on September 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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