Analysis of The Little Things



In the end
when it's all over
and the music stops

The little things
will have played the melody
—that set you free

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2017)


Scheme XAX XBB A
Poetic Form
Metre 001 11110 00101 0101 1110100 1111 010010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 156
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 42
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 18, 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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