Analysis of Remember to Obey



You shall lay up these words,
In your heart and your soul;
Listening to the birds,
As you let God console.

You shall bind as a sign,
Frontlets between your eyes;
Becoming more align,
As God makes you more wise.

You shall teach your child,
Talk to them at your home,
Not to be defiled,
Cautioning where they roam.

When they walk by the way,
Rising up where they lie;
From the Word do not stray,
For it cause them to die.

You shall write on your door,
The words upon your gate;
Show that you love and adore,
The Lord that did create.

Your days are multiplied,
For children of your land;
The precepts are applied,
To all, He did command.

For the Lord swore to give,
The land upon the earth;
In harmony to live,
Multiply to give birth.

If you are sure to do,
Keeping His commandments;
He will let you pursue;
Your wealth in abundance.

To love the Lord your God,
And walk in all His ways;
Never to become flawed,
Like anyone that strays.

No one stands against you,
With the Lord by your side;
Fear God and remain true,
All He commands abide.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL XMXM NXNX XOXO NKNK X
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 011011 100101 111110 111101 10111 010101 111111 11111 111111 1111 100111 111101 101111 101111 111111 111111 010111 1111001 011101 11110 110111 01101 111101 101111 010101 010011 10111 111111 101010 111101 110010 110111 010111 101011 11011 111011 101111 110011 110101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,086
Words 254
Sentences 11
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) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Love and Serve the LORD Deuteronomy 11:18-25

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Written on May 24, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on May 23, 2022

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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