Analysis of Lawsuit of God
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Arise in pleading your case,
Contend before the mountains;
Let the hills feel your embrace,
Your voice flows like the fountains.
Controversy with the Lord,
Strong foundations of the earth;
Indictments are not ignored,
Without pleading of their worth.
O people what have you done,
How God has worried of you;
Testified what you have begun,
Listened not to what is true.
He brought you out of the land,
Redeemed you from being slaves;
Honored not any command,
Allows sin to dig your graves.
You may know the righteous acts,
That you shall come to the Lord;
For truth, you must know the facts,
And remain in one accord.
Bow down before God on high,
Come with your burnt offerings;
Repent as you out-loud cry,
A sacrifice fit for kings.
Will the Lord be pleased with sheep,
With thousand rivers of oil;
Will He allow you to sleep,
After your troubled toil.
Shall He give you your firstborn,
Fruit from your body to sin;
Iniquities you sojourn,
Corrupting the seed within.
What does the Lord require,
Doing justice and humbly walk;
Give up unrighteous desire,
Speaking only righteous talk.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH ICIC JKJK LMLM XNXN OPOP O |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101011 0101010 1011101 1111010 100101 1010101 0101101 0110111 1101111 1111011 1011101 1011111 1111101 0111101 1011001 0111111 1110101 1111101 1111101 0010101 1101111 1111100 0111111 010111 1011111 1101011 1101111 101101 1111111 1111011 1110 0100101 110110 10100101 111010 1010101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,133 |
Words | 239 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
The Indictment of the LORD Micah 6:1-8
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Written on January 31, 2023
Submitted by sir_ricky on January 30, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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