Analysis of A High Flying Cloud



Is heaven where you live out
  your dreams

Those fond wishes life never
  allowed

Is eternity that place
  not yet seen

Where you awaken,
—a high flying cloud

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)


Scheme XX XA XX XA X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 11 1110110 01 1010011 111 11010 01101 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 193
Words 32
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 31
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 27, 2016

Modified on March 14, 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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