Analysis of The Day of the LORD



Behold, the day is coming,
That shall burn like a furnace;
The mountains will be crumbling,
Consuming the vulgarness.

The arrogant will be stubble,
As well as wicked evil;
When the earth will be rubble,
Setting ablaze the devil.

Neither leaving branch nor root,
But for those who fear the Lord;
Shall be harvested like fruit,
And ripened in one accord.

You shall leap up like a deer,
Hooves trod down on the wicked;
Causing them their souls to smear,
Those who crushed the afflicted.

Remember all of the rules,
Statutes that He commanded;
Judgment will await the fools,
Who are misled and stranded.

God will send before that day,
A seer before He arrives;
Warning those who do not stray,
And will be saving their lives.

He will be turning their hearts,
And will decree destruction;
Immorality departs,
The Lord starts reconstruction.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CCCC DEDE FGFG HGHG IXIX JKJK X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101110 1111010 01011100 01001 01001110 1111010 1011110 1001010 1010111 1111101 1110011 0100101 1111101 1111010 1011111 1110010 0101101 1011010 1010101 1101010 1110111 0101101 1011111 0111011 1111011 0101010 010001 011010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 846
Words 149
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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The Great Day of the LORD Malachi 4

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Written on October 26, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on October 25, 2021

Modified on March 05, 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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