Analysis of Conquering King



Muster daughter of the troops,
A siege is laid against us;
With a rod strike at the roots,
For judging Israel as thus.

O Bethlehem who is small,
Too little among the clans;
Now is beginning to fall,
Not following what God plans.

Yet out of God shall come forth,
Coming forth is from the old;
In ancient days from the north,
Everlasting will unfold.

He shall give them up in time,
When she who is in labor;
The rest shall confess for crime,
Committed on their neighbor.

He shall stand shepherd His flock,
In majesty of His name;
Responding where He will walk,
Dwell to what He does proclaim.

They shall dwell to feel secure,
Great to the ends of the earth;
He shall be their peace as pure,
Showing them of their true worth.

The Lord shall shepherd the land,
And carrying a two-edge sword;
Those who follow His command,
They are getting their reward.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA BCBC DEDE FGFG XHXH IJIJ KLKL G
Poetic Form
Metre 1010101 0111011 1011101 11010011 110111 1100101 1101011 1100111 1111111 1011101 0101101 010101 1111101 1111010 0110111 0101110 1111011 0100111 0101111 1111101 1111101 1101101 1111111 1011111 0111001 01000111 1110101 1110101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 896
Words 198
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem Micah 5:1-6

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Written on December 23, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on December 22, 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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