Analysis of Good Success



He was oppressed and afflicted,
Yet He did not open to speak;
Like a lamb that was convicted,
No escape did He try to seek.

By oppression and a judgment,
They took Him away to prison;
Because of some had discernment,
About the things that He had done.

He was cut off from the living,
And stricken for the transgression;
Because they were not forgiving.
Considered it as aggression.

They made His grave with the wicked,
And with a rich man in his death;
The pain and torment afflicted,
Continued until His last breath.

Yet it was the will of the Lord,
To crush Him by putting to grief;
It seems like His cries were ignored,
As others were in disbelief.

Out of anguish His soul will see,
Because His work be satisfied;
His knowledge being righteously,
Bore their sin as the crucified.

He will divide with the many,
And split the spoil with the strong;
Numbered transgressors of any,
Who confess of what they did wrong.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EDED AFAF GHGH IJIJ IKIK X
Poetic Form
Metre 11010010 11111011 10111010 10111111 10100010 11101110 01111010 01011111 11111010 01010010 01101010 01011010 11111010 01011011 0101010 01001111 11101101 11111011 11111001 1100001 11101111 0111110 11010100 1111010 11011010 0101101 101110 10111111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 964
Words 208
Sentences 9
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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The Pleasure of the Lord Isaiah 53:7-12

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Written on November 21, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on November 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:02 min read
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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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