Analysis of New Melody To Learn



A chorus of enlightenment …
  she’s woken up again

With sheets still warm, my heart she bathes,
  ablution wet within

Through steam I see her message clear,
  the mirror does confirm

My words now washed, fresh thoughts to dry,
—new melody to learn

(Court At KOP: February, 2016)


Scheme XX XX XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 01010100 110101 11111111 1101 11110101 010101 11111111 110011 111100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 280
Words 48
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 04, 2016

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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