Analysis of Year end Review



Another chapter in life,
Is nearly about to close;
Seeing the toils and strife,
From the streets and roads we chose.

Yet it seemed to move by fast,
Wondering where it had gone;
For the good times did not last,
As a new year starts to dawn.

So much I want to look back,
But time is not standing still;
For the knowledge we did lack,
Those pleasures gave us no thrill.

That is why we live and learn,
It may have lit a fire;
But afterwards it may turn,
To loathing the desire.

What happened is now no more,
As we live with the mistake;
Asking God to close the door,
Knowing He will not forsake.

Now it becomes history,
We should forgive and forget;
No longer a mystery,
Why we are having regret.

But it is time to move on,
No need to dwell in the past;
As we now face the new dawn,
As another year is cast.

We look towards our new year,
As we go open the door;
Putting away any fear,
For what the Lord has in store.

We now have another chance,
To prove ourselves to God;
Obedience to advance,
When we go honor and laud.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK XBCB LHLH MXMX G
Poetic Form
Metre 0101001 1100111 100101 1010111 1111111 1001111 1011111 1011111 1111111 1111101 1010111 1101111 1111101 1111010 1100111 1100010 1101111 1111001 1011101 1011101 1101100 1101001 1100100 1111001 1111111 1111001 1111011 1010111 11011011 1111001 1001101 1101101 1110101 1100111 0100101 1111001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,067
Words 254
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

by Richard Sherrer 12/31/21 Starting a new Chapter

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Written on December 31, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on December 30, 2021

Modified on March 05, 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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