Analysis of Appreciate Support



I greatly rejoice in the Lord,
That now at length you have revived;
Your concern for me not ignored,
Set for when the Lord has arrived.

You indeed are concerned for me,
But lacked the opportunity;
Having no foresight as to see,
And obscured with impurity.

Not speaking of being in need,
I have learned whatsoever state;
I am to be content indeed,
Regardless of what is my fate.

For I know how to be brought low,
Also knowing how to abound;
How the circumstances will grow,
That the resources can be found.

I have learned about the secret,
Of facing plenty and hunger;
The abundance not to regret,
Lessons learned when I was younger.

For I can do all things through Christ,
It is faith in Him who strengthens me;
In knowing what I sacrificed,
Stopping the blindness so I could see.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CCCC DEDE FGFG XHXH ICIC H
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11001001 11111101 10111101 11101101 10110111 1100100 1011111 00110100 11011001 1110101 11111001 01011111 11111111 10101101 1010011 10100111 11101010 11010010 00101101 10111110 11111111 111011101 0101110 100101111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 826
Words 178
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

God's Provision Philippians 4:10-13

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Written on December 27, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on December 26, 2022

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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