Analysis of Who has Believed



Who has believed what they have heard,
To whom has the arm of the Lord;
That has been revealed in the Word,
And has not let it be ignored.

For He grew up like a young plant,
And like a root out of dry ground;
Did anyone praise with a chant,
In making such a joyous sound.

He had no form or majesty,
That we should look with desire;
Just average with no beauty,
Enticing to light your fire.

He was despised and rejected,
Man of sorrow knowing of grief;
As One from whom we neglected,
We esteemed not with a belief.

Surely, He has borne our griefs,
As He carried our sorrows;
Stricken and afflicted beliefs,
That has taken straight and narrows.

He was pierced for our sinning,
Crushed for our iniquities;
For people since the beginning,
From sacred disabilities.

For all of us have been like sheep,
And we have gone our own way;
As the servant has gone asleep,
Because of having gone astray.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG HHHH IHIH JKJK F
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 11101101 11101001 01111101 11111011 01011111 1101101 01010101 11111100 11111010 11001110 01011110 11010010 11101011 11111010 10111001 10111101 11101010 10001001 11101010 11111010 11101 11010010 11000100 11111111 01111011 10101101 01110101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 936
Words 207
Sentences 8
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) 22

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SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 53:1-6

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Written on March 26, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on March 25, 2022

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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