Analysis of Living the New Life
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Having put away falsehood,
Let each of you speak the truth;
With your neighbor understood,
Being humbled not uncouth.
Be angry but do not sin,
At sundown upon your wrath;
Anger will corrupt within,
Erupting upon your path.
Nor give place to the devil,
Let the thief no longer steal;
It will allow more evil,
Dishonest work grows their zeal.
Do honest work with your hands,
Share with anyone in need;
Meeting the daily demands,
That your works for God succeed.
Never let corrupting talk,
Only say of what is good;
Remember Christ where you walk,
To do and say what you should.
Grieve not the Holy Spirit,
For the day of redemption;
When you are judged for merit,
Unsealing your salvation.
Let all bitterness and wrath,
Clamor and evil speaking;
Block slander crossing your path,
And darkness you are seeking.
Be kind to one another,
Passionate and forgiving;
Live in peace with your brother,
With harmonious living.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IAIA JKJK DLDL MLML M |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101011 1111101 111001 1010111 1101111 110111 1010101 100111 1111010 1011101 1101110 0101111 1101111 111001 1001001 1111101 1010101 1011111 0101111 1101111 1101010 1011010 1111110 11010 1110001 1001010 1101011 0101110 1111010 1000010 1011110 1010010 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 962 |
Words | 203 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
Live in Holiness Ephesians 4:25-32
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Written on October 11, 2022
Submitted by sir_ricky on October 10, 2022
Modified on May 01, 2023
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