Analysis of A Prayer
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
I was so glad when you said to me,
Let us go to the house of the Lord;
With feet within the gates to see,
In front of the One we adored.
Jerusalem as a city,
That is bound firmly together;
The gems and gold makes it pretty,
Where the believers can gather.
Where the tribes go up to the Lord,
As was decreed for Israel;
Able to be in one accord,
Within a place that is surreal.
Give thanks to the name of the Lord,
Standing before the judgment thrones;
The thrones of the house we afford,
Confessing to where God atones.
Pray for peace of Jerusalem,
May they be secure who loves you;
Beseech the Lord not to condemn,
That they remain faithful and true.
Let the peace be within its wall,
Security in its towers;
Prosperity that will not fall,
Rather keep blooming like flowers.
For everyone, I need to say,
My brothers, peace be within you;
Always give your trust and obey,
Doing as the Lord what you to.
For the sake of the House of God,
That the Lord will seek for your good;
Continue to honor and laud,
And in doing all that you should.
Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB ACAC BXBX BDBD XEXE FDFD DEXE XGXG C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 111101101 11010111 01101101 01001010 11110010 01011110 10010110 10111101 11011100 10110101 01011101 11101101 10010101 01101101 0101111 11110100 11101111 01011101 11011001 10110111 01000110 01001111 10110110 1101111 11011011 1111001 10101111 10110111 10111111 01011001 00101111 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,046 |
Words | 207 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Let Us Go to the House of the LORD Psalm 122
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Written on October 21, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on October 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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