Analysis of Prayer for Spiritual Growth
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
From the day that I heard,
I have not ceased to pray;
For knowledge of the Word,
Makes me trust and obey.
For knowledge and wisdom,
Gives the understanding;
What waits in His Kingdom,
About His commanding.
I walk in a fashion,
As worthy of the Lord;
Filled with the compassion,
That cannot be ignored.
All good work bearing fruit,
Grows my knowledge of God;
Tones my spiritual root,
As I honor and laud.
It strengthens my power,
To endure my patience;
As it nears that hour,
I keep a clear conscience.
Give thanks to the Father,
To inherit the light;
With Christ our Brother,
Being blest in His sight.
He rescued from darkness,
Transferred to His Heaven;
And clothed from the starkness,
And righteously given.
For we have salvation,
As forgiveness of sin;
With a new foundation,
Eternally to begin.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX HIHI HJHJ XEXE EKEK H |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 111111 110101 111001 110010 10010 110110 011010 110010 110101 110010 110101 111101 111011 1110001 111001 110110 101110 111110 110110 111010 101001 111010 101011 110110 011110 011010 010010 111010 101011 101010 0100101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 846 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Thanksgiving and Prayer Colossians 1:9-14
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