Analysis of Its Meaning Contained

Kurt Philip Behm

The world is my mentor,
  eternity my judge

Each choice confirmation,
 the ‘future’ ungloved

Time no longer master,
  to deceive or profane

All life in this moment,
—its meaning contained

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)

Scheme XX XA XX AA X
Poetic Form
Metre 01111 010011 11010 0101 111010 101101 110110 11001 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 223
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 17, 2017

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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