Analysis of Zion Remembered



Sing for joy, O Heaven,
Break forth and exult earth;
Joy mountains have given,
The resources of worth.

Mountains with joyful shouts,
For the Lord does comfort;
God’s people have no doubts,
As He speaks His effort.

For God has compassion,
Those who are afflicted;
To confess in fashion,
When sin has addicted.

The Lord has forsaken,
For He has forgotten;
I have not awaken,
Since sin made me rotten.

Women think of a child,
No pity of her womb;
If they are defiled,
No remorse in their tomb.

Even they may forget,
But the Lord forgets not;
If confessed cancels debt,
For salvation, they sought.

In His hands, He engraved,
Before Him are your wall;
When no longer enslaved,
That has caused you to fall.

Your builders will make haste,
Those who destroy will leave;
You no longer laid waste,
Since your foes do not cleave.

Lift up your eyes to see,
Those who come and gather;
For the Lord will declare,
All worship together.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD AEAE AAAA XFDF GXGX HIHI JKJK XLXL L
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 110011 110110 010011 101101 101110 110111 111110 111010 111010 101010 111010 011010 111010 111010 111110 101101 110101 1111 101011 101101 101011 101101 101011 011101 011111 111001 111111 110111 110111 111011 111111 111111 111010 101101 110010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 971
Words 216
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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God Won’t Forget You Isaiah 49:13–18

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Written on December 20, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on December 19, 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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