Analysis of Great Success



It was the will of the Lord,
To crush you because of grief;
Since it could not be ignored,
For the guilt of misbelief.

You are seeing your offspring,
While you prolong your days;
A prospering hand will bring,
In delighting God always.

Out of torment of your soul,
You shall then be satisfied;
Knowledge of God will extol,
That the Lord be glorified.

You shall bear iniquities,
Forgiven to be righteous;
Confessing impurities,
For compassionate justice.

You shall divide the spoil,
A portion with the others;
As the Lord sees you toil,
And sharing with your brothers.

You pour out your soul till death,
Numbered with the transgressors;
Bearing the sin with each breath,
Sharing with the confessors.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF DGXG HIHI JDJD X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101101 1110111 1111101 10111 111011 110111 0100111 001011 111111 111110 1011101 101110 1111 0101110 0100100 1010010 110101 0101010 101111 0101110 1111111 10101 1001111 10101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 743
Words 154
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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Dividing the Spoil Isaiah 53:10-12

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Written on September 18, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on September 17, 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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