Analysis of Another's Wasted Dream



Delay success for as long
As you can
Living up to an image
Will only cloud your vision
Stealing what you can least
Afford to lose
Dragging you into the illusion
And myth
You have spent a lifetime
Railing against
Dragging you into the
Vicarious trap
Of another’s false and wasted
Dream

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)


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Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0101111 111 1011110 1101110 101111 0111 101010010 01 11101 1001 101010 01001 111010 1 010010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 316
Words 56
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 14, 1
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 12, 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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