Analysis of Commission
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
The Lord was sitting on His throne,
I saw Him high and lifted up;
His train filled the temple as shown,
While handing to me a cup.
He said it was His blood to drink,
As the seraphim with six wings;
Covered their faces made me think,
Of humbleness that each one brings.
For one called unto another,
Holy, holy, holy the Lord;
As they had turned to each other,
That His glory the earth adored.
The foundations shook at His voice,
As the temple was filled with smoke;
All the angels then did rejoice,
While my thoughts and my lips spoke.
Woe is me! Because I am lost,
I am one with an unclean tongue;
For my sins have caused such a cost,
From impurities that were flung.
Then a seraphim flew unto me,
Puts a burning coal on my tongue;
While the Lord made a decree,
My entire mouth had felt stung.
He said that I was forgiven,
Any guilt is taken away;
My sins purged to enter Heaven,
If I continue to obey.
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH XIXI JIJI KLKL E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110111 11110101 11101011 1101101 11111111 101111 10110111 111111 11110010 10101001 11111110 11100101 00101111 10101111 10101101 1110111 11101111 11111011 11111101 10100101 1011101 10101111 1011001 10101111 11111010 10111001 11111010 11010101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 917 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Vision of the Lord Isaiah 6:1–7
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Written on September 30, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on September 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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