Analysis of Is Anyone



Is anyone ever a total fraud,
—or totally sincere

Is anyone committed beyond mere space,
—to a notion fond and dear

Is anyone ever one hundred percent,
—with subtraction the rule of the day

Is anyone better than what they believe,
—or worse than a moments delay

Is anyone ever truly in charge,
—of that moment that slips through the hand

Is anyone willing to dance beyond hope,
—to a melody lost by the band

Is anyone chosen from those who are not,
—or entitled to what can’t be earned

Is anyone welcomed straight into the light,
—on a path where all others have turned

(Airplane-Las Vegas To Philadelphia: January, 2016)


Scheme XA XA XB XB XC XC XD XD X
Poetic Form
Metre 110100101 110001 1100100111 1010101 1101011001 101001101 1101011101 11101001 110101001 111011101 1101011011 101001101 1101011111 101011111 1101010101 101111011 111010100100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 623
Words 111
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 04, 2016

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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