Analysis of Everlasting
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
All our days will pass away,
We bring our years to an end;
Under His wrath within a day,
Like a sigh this life will suspend.
The years of life is seventy,
Yet their span is but of trouble;
By reason of strength of eighty,
Buried alive in the rubble.
They are gone as we fly away,
Who knows the power of anger;
Like an eagle to snatch a prey,
Your wrath of fear if you languor.
Teach us to number our days,
As to get a heart of wisdom;
Our mind on the Lord always,
In order to seek His Kingdom.
How long to return to the Lord,
His servants repent for pity;
It seems like we have been ignored,
Prepared to enter His City.
We are needing His steadfast love,
That we may rejoice and be glad;
As it pours down from up above,
The blessings come forth every day.
We need to be glad as many days,
As we have been made afflicted;
Temptation of evil that strays,
Causing to become addicted.
Let the work of the Lord be shown,
To His children of their power;
Allowing the glory be known,
That will make the heathens cower.
Let the favor of our Lord,
Establish work of our hands;
As to being in one accord,
For satisfying His commands.
Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD AEAE FGFG HCHC IXIA FJFJ KEKE HLHL E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 11101111 10110101 10111101 01111100 11111110 11011110 10010010 11111101 11010110 11101101 1111111 11110101 11101110 1011011 01011110 11101101 11001110 11111101 01110110 1110111 11101011 11111101 010111001 111111101 11111010 01011011 10101010 10110111 11101110 01001011 1110110 10101101 01011101 11100101 1100101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,128 |
Words | 227 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Counting the Days Psalm 90:9-17
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Written on November 05, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on November 04, 2021
Modified on April 26, 2023
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