Analysis of 'Approaching Storm'



From my new novel, 'Approaching Storm'

The winds of war have called again
courage summoned—to befriend
Through evil darkness blowing strong
we face the threatened coming dawn


Scheme X XXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111100101 01111101 1010101 11010101 11010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 179
Words 29
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 4
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 14

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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 09, 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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