Analysis of Unfullfilled



Youth,
Like cement before it dries,
Like a promise before it’s kept,
Like words spoken,
—yet unfulfilled

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2013)


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Poetic Form
Metre 1 1010111 10100111 1110 101 01001010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 143
Words 21
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 1
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 05, 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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