Analysis of The Muse Awakens



The Muse awakens,
—all sleep has died

New words partaken,
—their meanings cried

The hour though late,
—her voice later still

Through the blackness she whispers,
—my soul again filled

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2015)


Scheme XA XA XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 01010 1111 111 1101 01011 01101 1010110 11011 010010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 223
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 36
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 17, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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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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