Analysis of The God-Given Task
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
What has the worker got to gain,
From all his toil in labor;
The agony of all the pain,
No assistance from his neighbor.
I have seen what God has given,
To the sons and daughters of man;
How busy being in Heaven,
Going according to His plan.
He made it lovely in its time,
Puts eternity in a man’s heart;
All that God has done is sublime,
That man cannot find from the start.
But there is nothing good in them.
To do good as long as they live;
Even though the Lord should condemn,
But God is willing to forgive.
Enjoy the fruit of your labor,
In all your toil take pleasure;
To eat and drink with your neighbor,
This is God’s gift you should treasure.
What God does endures forever,
Nothing was added nor taken;
What God has done will not sever,
And He has never forsaken.
That in which has been is still now.
Which is to be already been;
Although we may not know how,
God drives away what is unclean.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX BBBB BCBC HXHX B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 1111010 01001101 10101110 11111110 10101011 11010010 10010111 11110011 101000011 11111101 11101101 11110101 11111111 10101101 11110101 01011110 0111110 11011110 11111110 11101010 10110110 11111110 01110010 10111111 11110101 111111 11011101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 953 |
Words | 217 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
The Enduring Work of God Ecclesiastes 3:9-15
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Written on February 08, 2024
Submitted by richardnsherrer on February 07, 2024
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