Analysis of Crying for Assistance



I wait patiently for the Lord,
For I know He has heard my cry;
Knowing that He has not ignored,
Because I had heard His reply.

He drew me up out of the pit,
Destruction of the miry bog;
For I am spiritually fit,
He set my feet on a firm log.

In my mouth, He put a new song,
A song of praise to our God;
For trusting the Lord is not wrong,
To revere with honor and laud.

Bless those who make God their trust,
To those who stray not or that lie;
Those who are proud and who will lust,
That His commandments they deny.

He multiplied His wondrous deeds,
None can compare unto His thoughts;
He has catered to our needs,
And erases the blemished spots.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FBFB GXGX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11100101 11111111 10111101 01111101 11111101 0101011 111100001 11111011 01111011 01111101 11001111 10111001 1111111 11111111 11110111 11010101 1101101 11011011 11101101 00100101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 692
Words 161
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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My Help and My Deliverer Psalm 40:1–5

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Written on March 30, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on March 29, 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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