Analysis of My Spirit Zero-Sum



Am I the Poet that I used to be,
  or the Poet of tomorrow

Am I the Poet of this present moment,
  to own or then to borrow

Am I the Poet that I used to be,
  or the one I will become

Are my words fresh made or from seasons past,
—my spirit zero-sum

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)


Scheme Ab xb Ac xc x
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011111 1010101 11010111010 111111 1101011111 1011101 1111111101 110101 010010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 284
Words 59
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on November 11, 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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