Analysis of Day ofthe Lord



All these things are to be dissolved,
What sort of people ought you be;
Holy and godly lives evolved,
But without the foresight to see.

Waiting to hasten for that day,
When the earth is set on fire;
The fervent heat will melt away,
Of your every past desire.

The promised new Heaven and earth,
That the moral righteous will dwell;
Peace and tranquility give birth,
Satan will be locked up in hell.

You will be looking for these things,
Be diligent till they are found;
Without blemish or spot that brings,
A peace with God that will be sound.

Count the patience of the Lord,
As wisdom will bring salvation;
By remaining in one accord,
And building a new foundation.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ D
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 11110111 10010101 1010111 10110111 10111110 01011101 111001010 01011001 10101011 10010011 10111101 11110111 11001111 01101111 01111111 1010101 11011010 10100101 01001010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 711
Words 152
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Four Cosmologies 2 Peter 3:11-15

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Written on May 03, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on May 02, 2024

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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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