Analysis of Beneficial Labor



Two are better than just one,
Good reward for their labor;
Faster to get the job done,
When you assist your neighbor.

If one falls another aids,
Enabled to lift him up;
The fear of loneliness fades,
When you are sharing a cup.

Man and wife lie together,
Mutual warmth shares the heat;
When lying alone neither,
Feels not the warmth of their feet.

Man prevails with one alone,
But two would be resisting;
A threefold cord like a bone,
A threat that is existing.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD BEBE FGFG B
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111 1011110 1011011 1101110 1110101 0101111 0111001 1111001 1011010 1001101 1100110 1101111 1011101 1111010 011101 0111010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 505
Words 111
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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Evil Under the Sun Ecclesiastes 4:9–12

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Written on March 05, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on March 04, 2024

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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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