Analysis of A Repentance Call



Come, let us return to the Lord,
He has torn us so we may heal;
He will bind us in one accord,
And struck us down to give us zeal.

After two days He revives us,
Raising us up so we may live;
For a resurrection as thus,
So repent and He will forgive.

If we follow to know the Lord,
His going out is sure as dawn;
Never letting Him be ignored,
That your iniquities be gone.

He shall come unto us as rain,
As the latter unto the earth;
Confession takes away the pain,
Of guilt to give us a new birth.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CXCX ADAD EFEF X
Poetic Form
Metre 11101101 11111111 11110101 01111111 10111011 10111111 1001011 10101101 11101101 11011111 10101101 11111 11110111 10101001 01010101 11111011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 541
Words 129
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Superficial Repentance Breeds False Forgiveness Hosea 6:1-3

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Written on June 14, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on June 13, 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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