Analysis of Imminent Death
Seek the Lord and you shall live,
Lest He breaks out like fire;
Confess and He shall forgive,
Showing what you require.
Devour but none to quench,
You turn justice to wormwood;
Casting righteousness to drench,
Into darkness where they stood.
Darkness turns day into night,
Water pours on the surface;
Call the Lord to make it right,
Let glory to shine its grace.
Who makes destruction flash forth,
To come upon the fortress;
Expelling it to the north,
No longer be the temptress.
They abhor who speaks the truth,
And who reproves in the gate;
Arrogance in the uncouth,
But judgment will seek their fate.
For they trample on the poor,
Taking taxes from the grain;
Drank not the wine anymore,
Because of feeling the pain.
Many are your transgressions,
Afflicts the righteous with sin;
A bribe with no confessions,
To change attitude within.
The prudent will keep silent,
In such of an evil time;
Unsure if turned violent,
The fate that waits for the crime.
Seek good instead of evil,
That you may live for the Lord;
By avoiding the devil,
As you live in one accord.
Despise evil and love good,
Launching justice at the gate;
Doing as what the Lord would,
For avoiding an ill-fate.
Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDX FEFX GHGH XIXI JKJK LMLM NONO CHCH A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 1111110 0101101 101110 0101111 111011 1010011 0110111 1011011 1011010 1011111 1101111 1101011 1101010 0101101 1101010 1011101 011001 1000011 1101111 1110101 1010101 110101 0111001 1011010 0101011 0111010 111001 0101110 0111101 0111100 0111101 1101110 1111101 1010010 1110101 0110011 1010101 1011011 1010111 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,179 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Seek the LORD and Live Amos 5:6-15
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Written on November 08, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on November 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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