Analysis of Special Goodness



Come and hear all you who fear God,
Tell you what He did for my soul;
A frozen heart that He has thawed,
When embraced as to console.

I cried unto Him from my lung,
In a desperate desire;
While high praise was on my tongue,
For salvation to acquire.

If I cherished iniquity,
Down at the bottom of my heart;
The tempter’s audacity,
Fulfills desire to impart.

But truly the Lord has heard me,
And attended unto my prayer;
Giving me the insight to see,
Through supplication what I share.

For my prayer was not rejected,
Nor was His steadfast love removed;
His mercy and grace reflected,
In my mind that I have behooved.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABXB CDCD EFEF EGEG XXXA D
Poetic Form
Metre 10111111 11111111 01011111 1011110 11101111 0010010 1111111 10101010 11100100 11010111 010100 01010101 11001111 00101011 1010111 11111 11111010 1111101 11001010 0111111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 663
Words 145
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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He is Listening Psalm 66:16-20

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Written on May 19, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on May 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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