Analysis of 'Madonna's Last Hymn'



I’m on my fourth lifeline
how about you
The first three pre-owned
the current one new
This one seems fleeting
which gives me concern
My freezer is empty
no steaks left to burn
The first one was blissful
the second had pain
The third one reflective
but this fourth one again….
I try to hold on
and describe it at will
Exceeding my grasp
it alludes me and still…
I wouldn’t go back
to either one, two, or three
The things I see now
ripened fruit on my tree
If this is the end
and the lights start to dim
I’ll sing the words strongly
Madonna’s last hymn…
“More thankful than troubled
more joyous than sad
“More today than tomorrow
—the past in the past”

(The First Book Of Prayers: February, 2018)


Scheme XAXAXBCBXXXXXDXDXCXCXECEXXXX C
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1011 01111 01011 11110 11101 110110 11111 011110 01011 011010 111101 11111 001111 01011 101101 1111 1101111 01111 101111 11101 001111 110110 111 110110 11011 101101 01001 01111100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 717
Words 134
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 28, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 272
Words per stanza (avg) 66
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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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