Analysis of Your Memory



Now, more than ever,
my thoughts regale,
the years as yeast,
new spirits rise

Now, more than ever,
my woods on fire,
old feelings simmer,
my breath to stoke

Now, more than ever,
I walk alone,
my words returning,
time destroyed

Now, more than ever,
I live within,
as verses buried
reach out to call

Now, more than ever,
I look straight back,
and seize the magic
my eyes had missed

Now, more than ever,
I call your name,
the promise wakens
—your memory sings

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)


Scheme Abxc Aaax Axxx Axxb Axxx Axcx x
Poetic Form Tetractys  (52%)
Metre 11110 111 0111 1101 11110 11110 11010 1111 11110 1101 11010 101 11110 1101 11010 1111 11110 1111 01010 1111 11110 1111 0101 11001 010010100
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 475
Words 89
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 55
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 29, 2020

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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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