Analysis of Woman and the Beast



This calls for a mind with wisdom,
Seven heads are on seven mountains;
A woman sits in her kingdom,
Adjacent to flowing fountains.

For there are also seven kings,
Five of them in which have fallen;
There is one yet another brings,
To reclaim what has been stolen.

As the beast that was and is not,
Belong to them for destruction;
Reigning chaos that they have sought,
For sending into perdition.

There are ten horns for the ten kings,
Who received not royal power;
Together with the beast that brings,
Upon the appointed hour.

These are having one single mind,
For power over to the beast;
With Satan that they have aligned,
And planning a fantastic feast.

They will be making war with the Lamb,
But the Lamb will then conquer them;
As Lord of lords, the Great I Am,
For the King of kings will condemn.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XDXD CECE FGFG HIHI E
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11101110 101111010 01010010 01011010 11110101 11101110 11110101 10111110 10111011 01111010 10101111 110011 11111011 10111010 01010111 01001010 11101101 11010101 11011101 01000101 111101101 10111101 11110111 10111101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 848
Words 182
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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King of Kings and Lord of Lords Revelation 17:9-14

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Written on March 26, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on March 25, 2023

Modified on March 25, 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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