Analysis of Not Ashamed of the Gospel
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Be not afraid to testify,
As a servant of our Lord;
The Gospel cannot be denied,
While walking in one accord.
Share the suffering of the Word,
The Gospel has power from God;
So that the afflictions are heard,
Bowing down to honor and laud.
He saved us for the holy call,
Never because of our deeds;
But purpose and grace to befall,
Christ gave that salvation succeeds.
Now it has been manifested,
Through appearing of the Savior;
Because death has been contested,
With new life, God has brought favor.
Immortality to the light,
Through the Gospel as a poet;
With the wisdom to shed insight,
While working through His Spirit.
And why I suffer as I do,
But I would never be ashamed;
For believing that it is true,
And the reason I have proclaimed.
I guard what has been entrusted,
And am convinced about the day;
Why I no longer have lusted,
Earthly desires that made me stray.
Follow the form of the sound Word,
By the Holy Ghost that dwells within;
In the faith and love you have heard,
And has cleansed you of all your sin.
The good things which were committed,
Keeps His Spirit to dwell within;
Shows that we have been acquitted,
From the past entangled with sin.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | XAXA BXBX CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL BMBM EMEM F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110 10101101 01010101 1100101 10100101 01011011 11001011 10111001 11110101 10011101 11001101 11101001 1111100 10101010 01111010 11111110 0100101 10101010 1010111 1101110 01110111 11110101 10101111 00101101 11111010 01010101 11110110 100101111 10011011 101011101 00101111 01111111 01110010 11101101 11111010 10101011 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,215 |
Words | 264 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You 2 Timothy1:10
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