Analysis of Gospel Prologue
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
There was a man sent from God,
As the light shined in darkness;
And darkness had remained flawed,
He stayed in the wilderness.
For he came as a witness,
Bearing witness to the light;
To gain spiritual fitness,
That others receive insight.
The Baptist was not the light,
But witness to testify;
So that the truth would shine bright,
And nobody could deny.
The true light will come to earth,
Giving light to everyone;
And born from a virgin birth,
God’s only begotten Son.
In the world he but unknown,
Through Him that the world was made;
And He came unto His own,
But no attention was paid.
For their faith could not receive,
To be a godly child;
In Him, they did not believe,
For they had been defiled.
As flesh, the Word had been shaped,
Born not of blood but of God;
From the bonds of sin escaped,
And purifying where flawed.
Word made flesh amongst us dwell,
Glory in the begotten Son;
To escape the grip of hell,
In the Father become one.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
| Scheme | ABCB BDBD DEDE FGFG HIHI JXJA KAKC LGLG X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111 1011010 0101011 1100100 1111010 1010101 11100010 110011 0101101 110110 1101111 01101 0111111 101110 0110101 1100101 0011101 1110111 0111011 1101011 1111101 110101 0111101 11111 1101111 1111111 1011101 010011 1110111 10000101 1010111 0010011 10101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 992 |
| Words | 221 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 33 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
The Word Became Flesh John 1:5-14
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Written on February 27, 2023
Submitted by sir_ricky on February 26, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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