Analysis of Attractive Wisdom



The Lord possessed me at the start,
At His works of His acts of old;
Before the beginning impart,
I was set up to see unfold.

I was brought forth there were not deep,
No springs abounding with water;
As the earth seemed to be asleep,
Since it’s clay and He’s the potter.

Before the mountains had been shaped.
I was brought forth before the hills;
Before all the fields had been draped,
With flowers and crops that God wills.

When He had established Heaven,
I saw when He drew a circle;
He made the sky, air was given,
Fountains from the deep were agile.

He assigned the sea its limit,
So the water might not transgress;
That the waves could only buffet,
At their calming, they would regress.

He charged the basis of the earth,
The foundations of His command;
That the occupants would give birth,
To populate on the dry land.

A master workman with delight,
Happy in a dwelling for man;
It was such a joy in His sight,
Sons and daughters in His plan.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN D
Poetic Form
Metre 01011101 11111111 01001001 11111101 11111011 11010110 10111101 11101010 01010111 11110101 01101111 11001111 11101010 11111010 11011110 10101010 10101110 10101101 10111010 11101110 11010101 00101101 10100111 1101011 01010101 10001011 11101011 1010011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,001
Words 219
Sentences 9
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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The Incarnate Wisdom Proverbs 8:22-31

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Written on January 27, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on January 26, 2024

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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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