Analysis of Essential in Faith
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
If Christ be preached raised from the dead,
Say not of no resurrection;
Never attempt to be misled,
And go in the wrong direction.
If there is no resurrection,
Then Christ not even had been raised;
It would be considered fiction,
No reason for Christ to be praised.
And if Jesus be not risen,
Then our preaching is in vain;
And the grave would be a prison,
Then Jesus Christ would never reign.
This would bear false witness of God,
Misrepresenting the crucified;
Causing the testament be flawed,
On what is being testified.
If the dead not resurrected,
Then not even Christ is risen;
And the concept is rejected,
Possibly going to Heaven.
Then having faith is futile,
As you would be still dead in sin;
In your immoral lifestyle,
No need for having discipline.
Then those who have fallen asleep,
As with Jesus will have perished;
There is no need for us to keep,
Memories that others cherished.
But in Jesus Christ we have hope,
In this life for into the next;
Miserable times that we cope,
Easing burdens of the perplexed.
But Christ has been raised from the dead,
As the firstfruits of those who slept;
Because the faith you have been fed,
As your Savior when you accept.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
| Scheme | ABAB BCBC BDBD XEXE FBFB XXXB GHGH IJIJ AKAK X |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 1111010 10011101 01001010 1111010 11110111 11101010 11011111 01101110 11010101 00111010 11011101 11111011 0010010 10010011 1111010 1011010 11101110 00101010 10010110 1101110 11111101 010101 11110100 11111001 11101110 11111111 10011010 10101111 01110101 10001111 10101001 11111101 1011111 01011111 11101101 10101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,222 |
| Words | 261 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 37 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
The Resurrection of the Dead 1 Corinthians 15:12–20
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Written on May 07, 2022
Submitted by richards.77936 on May 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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