Analysis of Dreams Now Free



The grass was greener
  the closer I came

Its vision clearer,
  and calling my name

All reach was extended
  beyond my grasp

With dreams now free,
  of future—and past

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2017)


Scheme AB AB XX XX A
Poetic Form
Metre 01110 01011 11010 01011 111010 0111 1111 11001 010010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 203
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 06, 2017

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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