Analysis of Histroy Lessons
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Give an ear to what I have taught,
Incline your ear unto the Word;
Adhering to the life you sought,
Think not of them to be absurd.
I will speak of a parable.
Utter a dark saying of old;
That still is merely viable,
To generations have been told.
The things that we have heard and known,
That our fathers have explained;
And have been etched in solid stone,
In the future will be proclaimed.
We will not hide them from the truth,
But pass to each generation;
Through the offspring of our youth,
That they receive inspiration.
For the wondrous deeds of the Lord,
Might and wonders that He has done;
That they never to be ignored,
To recognize He had begun.
He laid out a testimony,
And having appointed a Law;
All genuine, not a phony,
To teach how not to get a flaw.
So that the next generation,
Might know them that has not been born;
To become a new creation,
Unto the place, they will sojourn.
Arise so that they set their hope,
Not to forget the works of God;
Of the adversities to cope,
Always giving honor and laud.
They should not be like their father,
Being stubborn and rebellious;
Righteousness will take them farther,
Others are lustfully jealous.
Be faithful to God and righteous,
To Him be steadfast in your heart;
Always being conscientious,
Doing what is right from the start
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG HGHG IJIJ GXGX KXKX LMLM MNMN L |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 01111001 01010111 11111101 11110100 10011011 11110100 1010111 01111101 11010101 01110101 00101101 11111101 1111010 1011101 1101010 10101101 10101111 11101101 1101101 1110100 01001001 11001010 11111101 1101010 11111111 10101010 10011110 01111111 11010111 10111 1101001 11111110 10100010 10011110 101110 11011010 1111011 110010 10111101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,340 |
Words | 291 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
Tell the Coming Generation Psalm 78:1-8
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Written on September 24, 2022
Submitted by sir_ricky on September 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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