Analysis of Capacity

Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)



Stupendous, upended, and beleaguered,
The conduit of conditioning
And advanced happenstance
Is allotted, not forgotten or meager.
Framed under a rainbow of auspicious deliverance
Though tickling persistently at a turbulent prime,
It fastens and amasses around
Resurrecting a predilection
For nonformulaic ideation time.


Scheme ABCDEFGHF
Poetic Form Nonet (33%)
Metre 01010010 010010100 00110 10101010110 1100110100100 110100101001 11001001 0100010 110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 319
Words 46
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 270
Words per stanza (avg) 43

About this poem

The transitory nature of life may be filled with adversity– so why not strive to be original!

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Jeffrey Powell

A bit of an introvert, Jeffrey enjoys arranging words and dabbling in poetic forms as an outlet for expressing his thoughts, feelings, and observations. He tends to play by his own rules and darts in and out of the civilized world, as avoiding the conventional gathering is more his style. Jeffrey lives with his fraternal twin whom he enjoys sharing a laugh with at the opportune time. more…

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