Analysis of Faithful



I was appointed a teacher,
Which is why I suffer as I do,
Poetic form as a preacher,
In preaching the Gospel to you.

But I will be never ashamed,
For I know whom I have believed;
And convinced what I have proclaimed,
Your wicked state has been relieved.

You can keep watch until that day,
What has been entrusted to me;
As long as you trust and obey,
You are given insight to see.

Follow the form of the sound Word,
In the faith and love of the Lord;
What Christ has said, and you have heard,
That it shall never be ignored.

The Holy Spirit dwells in us,
Guard what is entrusted to you;
A deposit given as thus,
Helps to be able to construe.

For you know who has turned away,
May God have mercy on their soul;
That they will stop going astray,
So His Spirit be in control.

May the Lord grant mercy and grace,
Who refreshed me and not ashamed;
To let God comfort and embrace,
Urge on as His Word is proclaimed.

May the Lord grant them to find grace,
From our Lord upon that Day;
The service rendered in this place,
To learn how to trust and obey.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IBIB EJEJ KCKC KEKE A
Poetic Form
Metre 11010010 111110111 01011010 01001011 11111001 11111101 00111101 11011101 11110111 11101011 11111001 1110111 10011011 00101101 11110111 11110101 01010101 11101011 00101011 11110101 11111101 11110111 11111001 11101001 10111001 10110101 11110001 11111101 10111111 11010111 01010011 11111001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,094
Words 251
Sentences 9
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) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

Be Loyal to the Faith 2 Timothy 1:11-18

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Written on April 19, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on April 18, 2023

Modified on April 18, 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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