Analysis of A Living Stone
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Put away malice and deceit,
All slander and hypocrisy;
Tantrums to cause stomping of feet,
All guile that brings on envy.
Like a newborn that desire,
Longing for pure spiritual milk;
For salvation you require,
That goes down smooth that feel like silk.
If indeed that you have tasted,
How gracious that the Lord is good;
You know your life is not wasted,
By doing the ways that He would.
As you come to the living stone,
Unto God chosen and precious;
That many men do not condone,
Because they are thinking malice.
You, yourselves like a living stone,
For building a spiritual house;
A holy priesthood but not alone,
When God gave a spiritual spouse.
For it is contained in the Word,
Zion a stone being laid down;
Watching His sheep like a shepherd,
The cornerstone is wearing a crown.
The honor is who does believe,
Not the builders who have rejected;
For salvation will not receive,
The sight of Satan reflected.
They stumble being an offense,
Stumbling because they disobey;
For they will feel wrath so intense,
Rejecting the stone made them stray.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH GIGI JKJK LXLE MNMN C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110001 11000100 10111011 1111110 10101010 101110001 1010110 11111111 10111110 11010111 11111110 11001111 11110101 10110010 11011101 01111010 10110101 110010001 010101101 111010001 11101001 10011011 10111010 01011001 01011101 101011010 10101101 01110010 11010101 10001101 11111101 01001111 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,099 |
Words | 230 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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And a Holy People 1 Peter 2:1-8
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Written on November 08, 2022
Submitted by sir_ricky on November 07, 2022
Modified on April 28, 2023
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