Analysis of A World Warning



Do not love of this world,
Neither the things in it;
Love what will be unfurled,
By the Father’s merit.

If this world loved by man,
The Father is not in;
And could less of His plan,
Because of lust of sin.

In this world all that are,
For desires and pride;
Decay that leaves a scare,
Deception that has lied.

Desires of the eyes,
Also the pride of life;
Is evil in disguise,
Filled with toils and strife.

The world passes away,
Along with desires;
That causes one to stray,
What darkness acquires.

Who does the will of God,
Stays within forever;
Giving honor and laud,
With love that not sever.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AXAX BCBC XDXD EFEF GHGH XIXI I
Poetic Form Tetractys  (24%)
Metre 111111 100101 111101 101010 111111 010110 011111 011111 011111 101001 011101 010111 010101 100111 110001 11101 011001 011010 110111 110010 110111 101010 101001 111110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 642
Words 147
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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Do Not Love the World 1 John 2:15-17

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Written on August 16, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on August 15, 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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