Analysis of A Godly Description



In Your tent who shall sojourn,
To dwell on Your holy hill?
Worships with love to adorn,
From their soul for Him to fill.

He who will walk blamelessly,
And doing all that is right;
Speaking truth unceasingly,
With a pure heart in Your sight.

Who slanders not with his tongue,
No evil to his neighbor;
Nor a reproach to be flung,
But helps them with their labor.

Vile people are despised,
But those who fear the Lord;
You answered and have advised,
That has been in one accord.

Who does not put out money,
Nor have taken any bribe;
Been blessed with milk and honey,
And are willing to abide.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX D
Poetic Form
Metre 0111110 1111101 1011101 1111111 11111 0101111 1011 1011011 1101111 1101110 1001111 1111110 110101 111101 1100101 1110101 1111110 1110101 1111010 0110101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 635
Words 141
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill? Psalm 15

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Written on January 30, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on January 29, 2023

Modified on March 05, 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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