Analysis of Life Source
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
An angel showed me a river,
The river was water of life;
Bright as crystal made me shiver,
As it washed away all my strife.
From the throne of God and the Lamb,
Water that flowed so clear and pure;
Because God is the great, I AM,
Iniquities able to cure.
It flowed in the midst of the street,
Down the middle of the city;
As it had flowed around my feet,
As I sat down next to a tree.
A tree with its twelve kinds of fruit,
The tree of life yielding each week;
The tree nourishing through its root,
From the river, its root does seek.
The leaves of the tree for healing,
For the healing of the nation;
Of those bended down and kneeling,
To become a new creation.
There shall be no longer be cursed,
As His servants will worship Him;
And they will not hunger or thirst,
For they will be glad never grim.
They will see His face and His hands,
His name will be on their foreheads;
Willingly abide His commands,
Comforting them within their beds.
There will no longer be a night,
No need for candle of fire;
Neither having any sunlight,
His glory will light desire.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OAOA A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011010 01011011 11101110 11101111 10111001 10111101 01110111 11011 11001101 10101010 11110111 11111101 01111111 01111011 01100111 10101111 01101110 10101010 11101010 10101010 11111011 11101101 01111011 11111101 11111011 1111111 10001101 10010111 11110101 11110110 1010101 11011010 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,109 |
Words | 250 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
The River of Life Revelation 22:1-5
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Written on April 12, 2022
Submitted by richards.77936 on April 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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