Analysis of Judgment Day



Behold the coming of the day,
Shall be burning like a furnace;
Evildoers who disobey,
Stumble falling from vulgarness.

That day comes setting them ablaze,
Leaving them neither branch nor root;
Because of their arrogant ways,
They only produced sour fruit.

But you fear the name of the Lord,
Will rise with healing in its wings;
Because you have never ignored,
The blessing that salvation brings.

You shall tread down on the impish,
Being ashes under your feet;
Their ways are merely childish,
Filled with many lies and deceit.

Remember the Law of Moses,
The statutes and rules God commands;
As His judgment will bring justice,
Fair and just to all He demands.

Before that great and awesome day,
Elijah comes before the Lord;
To whom will be paving the way,
For those with righteousness restored.

He makes the heart of the child,
Turning them onto the father;
Their father no more defiled,
Neither of them as a loather.

Lest the Lord comes and strikes the land,
To decree utter destruction;
A curse with one swipe of His hand,
To prepare for reconstruction.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH BIBI AEAE XJAJ KLKL J
Poetic Form
Metre 01010101 11101010 100101 101011 11110101 10110111 01111001 11001101 11101101 11110011 01111001 01010101 11111010 10101011 1111010 11101001 01001110 01001101 11101110 10111101 01110101 01010101 11111001 11110001 1101101 10110010 110111 1011101 10110101 10110010 01111111 1011010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,104
Words 228
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

The Great Day of the LORD Malachi 4

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Written on January 24, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on January 23, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:08 min read
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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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