Analysis of Mortal Man and Eternal God



You have been our dwelling place,
A place for all generations;
Shining of your mercy and grace,
Making us your new creations.

Before the mountains had arose,
You have formed the Heaven and earth;
Everlasting that You had chose,
Forming it all as priceless worth.

You have returned man into dust,
Returning the children of man;
For anyone that does distrust,
That You have brought forth in your plan.

For thousands of years in Your sight,
But as yesterday when it is past;
For while You watch in the night,
Time has flown by ever so fast.

You sweep them away as a flood,
As they are merely like a dream;
In the morning flowers will bud,
As grass renews as it turns green.

It is renewed and flourishes,
Morning brings colorful cascades;
As the flowing stream nourishes,
The evening withers and fades.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IXIX JKJK X
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 0111010 10111001 10111010 01010101 11101001 0101111 10111101 11011011 01001011 1101101 11111011 11011011 11101111 1111001 11111011 11101101 11110101 00101011 11011111 11010100 10110001 10101100 0101001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 849
Words 178
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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From Everlasting to Everlasting Psalm 90:1-6

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Written on November 24, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on November 23, 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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