Analysis of Symbiotic Abound



Poetry in its essence,
—renders itself obsolete

Transporting the reader,
  beyond words though profound

Casting off its burden
  of expressive supplication

Pure thought and pure feeling,
—symbiotic abound

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)


Scheme XX AB CC XB A
Poetic Form
Metre 1000110 100110 010010 011101 101110 10101 110110 01001 010010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 242
Words 32
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 40
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 06, 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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