Analysis of Troubled Times Assurance
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
How many are my enemies,
So many rising against me;
Throwing insults with blasphemies,
Feels like it’s a third degree.
Many are saying of my soul,
That there would be no salvation;
And Heaven cannot be my goal,
Having no righteous foundation.
But the Lord is my glory shield,
He is the lifter of my head;
Knowing Him is what I must yield,
To His Word that I had been fed.
I cry aloud unto the Lord,
He answered from His Holy Hill;
As His blessings have been outpoured,
Responds to my need to refill.
I had laid down and fell asleep,
But woke up as the Lord revived;
Like a shepherd keeping His sheep,
Assured no harm and I survived.
I will not fear for the thousands,
That set themselves opposing me;
Migrants from many foreign lands,
Too blind about the truth to see.
I ask the Lord to deliver,
Smitten my foes upon their cheek:
Break the teeth of the deceiver,
Drain their strength by becoming weak.
Salvation belongs to the Lord,
His blessings be on His people;
Those who remain in one accord,
Setting to be an example.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHEH IJIJ XBXB KLKL GMGM K |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011100 11010011 100111 1110101 10110111 11111010 01010111 10110010 10111101 11010111 10111111 11111111 11011001 11011101 1110111 01111110 11110101 11110101 10101011 01110101 11111010 11010101 10110101 11010111 11011010 10110111 101101 11110101 01001101 11011110 11010101 10111010 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,074 |
Words | 237 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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