Analysis of One Heart

Kurt Philip Behm

Two hearts met as children,
and from both we would hide

To now share the loneliness,
of one final goodbye

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)

Scheme XX XA A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 111110 011111 1110100 11101 0100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 140
Words 24
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 12, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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