Analysis of Two Ways



Bless those who walks not in counsel,
Of the wicked nor with sinners;
They are the culture to cancel,
Against righteous discipliners.

Evil is sitting with the scoffers,
Their delight is not in the Law;
It is pleasure that they offer,
Not worrying about a flaw.

Delight in the Law of the Lord,
Meditate on it night and day;
And remaining in one accord,
Continue to trust and obey.

He is like a tree by a stream,
In its season that yields its fruit,
As its leaves capture a sunbeam,
Water nourishing through its root.

All of its leaves will not wither,
In all that it does will flourish;
No matter about the weather,
Knowing that the Lord will nourish.

The ungodly wicked not so,
They are like chaff that the wind drives,
Wherever the wind that might blow,
Catching the righteous where one thrives.

Therefore the wicked will not stand,
As the ungodly in judgment;
Nor the sinners that may demand,
The righteous in causing torment.

The Lord will always know the way,
Of the righteous that they cherish;
That they never will go astray,
But the wicked ways will perish.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB BCDC EFEF GHGH DIDI JKJK LXLX FIFI D
Poetic Form
Metre 11111010 10101110 11010110 01101 10110101 10111001 11101110 11000101 01001101 1011101 00100101 01011001 11101101 01101111 1111001 10100111 11111110 01111110 11001010 10101110 00101011 11111011 01001111 10010111 1010111 10010010 10101101 0100101 0111101 10101110 11101101 10101110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,073
Words 198
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked Psalm 1

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Written on October 08, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on October 07, 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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