Analysis of Triumph and Reign



On that day, living waters flow,
In summer and winter shall be;
Half to the western sea to go,
Other half to the eastern sea.

The Lord shall be King of the earth,
And He shall be one in His name;
For reigning over all its worth,
As all the people shall proclaim.

All land be turned into a plain,
Jerusalem shall be aloft;
On its site where He shall reign,
And His throne shall be plush and soft.

And it shall be inhabited,
Never more shall be a decree;
Of destruction prohibited,
It shall dwell in security.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FBFB X
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 01001011 11010111 10110101 01111101 01111011 11010111 11010101 11110101 01001101 1111111 01111101 01110100 10111001 10100100 11100100 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 551
Words 123
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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The Coming Day of the LORD Zechariah 14:8-11

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Written on October 31, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on October 30, 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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