Analysis of Witnesses to Jesus
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
I can do nothing on my own,
My judgment in guessing to hear;
Rather than Jesus on His throne,
Thinking that I must be sincere.
If I alone would bear witness,
My testimony is not true;
When lacking spiritual fitness,
That another may not construe.
Another bears witness to me,
I know that the testimony;
Remains as true as it can be,
Not considered to be phony.
I have borne witness to the truth,
Not a testimony from man;
But knowing Jesus since my youth,
It comes from God within His plan.
I say these things that you be saved,
Testimony that I received;
No longer that I am enslaved,
To the sin that I once believed.
John was a burning shining light,
And you were willing to rejoice;
To God a blessing in His sight,
As John proclaimed in a loud voice.
But a greater witness have I,
Works that the Father gave to me;
The very work I do is why,
Bears witness with insight to see.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DDDD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KDKD X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 11001011 10110111 10111101 11011110 1100111 110100010 10101101 01011011 1110100 01111111 10101110 11110101 1010011 11010111 11110111 11111111 1001101 11011101 10111101 11010101 01010101 11010011 11010011 10101011 11010111 01011111 1101111 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 926 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
The Obedience of Christ John 5:30-36
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Written on March 29, 2023
Submitted by sir_ricky on March 28, 2023
Modified on April 09, 2023
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