Analysis of Mortal Man and Eternal God
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
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 |
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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 |
About this poem
From Everlasting to Everlasting Psalm 90:1-6
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