Analysis of Irradiance



Why do you need a ladder
when you’re holding the sun,
the light deep within you
—transcendence begun

(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)


Scheme ABXB A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 1111010 111001 011011 01001 1010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 135
Words 23
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 51
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by sage48 on December 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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