Analysis of Godly Love Means Obedience
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Where learning begins:
At the feet of the Master.
As a disciple.
To profit from the wisdom
That is garnered obeying.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka |
| Metre | 11001 1011010 10010 1101010 1110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 116 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Godly love is Covenantal Love, the love between God and his people. Godly Love is worship of and obedience to the Holy Spirit. It is what the Holy Trinity of Oneness commands us to do. It is that teaching, learning, and knowledge of Oneness that gives us Wisdom and Understanding.
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Written on May 11, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on May 11, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on July 24, 2022
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