Analysis of Pi



Testimonies are wonderful,
Therefore my soul is keeping them;
I find them so pleasurable,
As precious as a diadem.

The unfolding of words give light,
It imparts the understanding;
To the simple of what is right,
Of what the Lord is commanding.

I open my mouth and start to pant,
As I long for His commandments;
While others complain and rant,
By a bad person who laments.

I ask the Lord to turn to me,
Being gracious always His way;
For I love what He does decree,
On my heart His name I display.

He keeps my steps to His promise,
No wickedness gets dominion;
Because I trust in His justice,
Not making any opinion.

He redeems me from oppression,
While keeping all His precepts;
When I pray my intercession,
He will respond with His concepts.

The Lord is making His face shine,
In glory teaching me His statutes;
What He has taught has been divine,
In my mind, I have no disputes.

My eyes shedding rivers of tears,
Since people keeping not His Law;
In God, they are having no fears,
Not worried on getting a flaw

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG HIHI IJIJ KLKL XMXM X
Poetic Form
Metre 1001100 1111101 11111000 1101010 00101111 1010010 10101111 11011010 110110111 11111010 1100101 10110101 11011111 1010111 11111101 11111101 11111110 11001010 01110110 11010010 10111010 110111 1111010 11011110 01110111 010101110 11111101 01111101 11101011 11010111 01111011 11011001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,060
Words 232
Sentences 8
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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What Is Wonderful to You? Psalm 119:129-136

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Written on August 01, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on July 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:09 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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