Analysis of Fear Now My Prey



Repelled by tradition,
  and past status-quo

I enter the jungle,
 —where hides the unknown

Rejecting excuses,
  and all that’s passé

My bow is drawn tightly,
—with fear now my prey

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)


Scheme XX XX XX AX A
Poetic Form
Metre 011010 01101 110010 11001 010010 0111 111110 11111 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 220
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 21, 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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