Analysis of A Judgment Word



The Lord saw and abhorred them,
Because of the provocation;
Sons and daughters He did condemn,
For all of their indignation.

From them, the Lord will hide His face,
And He will what their end will be;
A people perverse in disgrace,
No faithfulness that He can see.

They made Him jealous with no god,
Provoking Him to an anger;
A foolish nation that they laud,
As they immorally languor.

Fire is kindled promoting wrath,
As it burns in the depths of hell;
Because their ways follow that path,
That is where they will have to dwell.

Fire shall then devour the earth,
Sets on fire the foundation;
The mountains will lose all their worth,
No longer giving salvation.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE FGFG HBHB E
Poetic Form
Metre 0110011 0110010 10101101 1111010 11011111 01111111 01001001 111111 11110111 01011110 01010111 1111 101100101 11100111 01111011 11111111 101101001 11100010 01011111 11010010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 707
Words 149
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Day of Fire Deuteronomy 32:19-22

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Written on October 25, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on October 24, 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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