Analysis of Caught By The Word



People of
Reposition
Men of
Calm
Islands of
Immunity
Centuries
Palm
Keepers of
Kingdoms
Regents of
Sight
Pilgrims of
Pugilance
Nomads
Delight
Seekers of
Solitude
Freedom
Within
Sages with
Sustenance
Queens on
The wind
Dogmas of
Certainty
Knights of
The sword
Prisoners of
Dignity
All caught,
—by the word!

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 1977)
'An Anthology Of Perception Vol #1'


Scheme AXABACDBAXAEADXEAXXXXXXXACAXACXX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 101 010 11 1 101 0100 100 1 101 10 101 1 101 1 1 01 101 10 10 01 101 100 11 01 11 100 11 01 1001 100 11 101 010010010 1010010101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 380
Words 59
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 32, 2
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 157
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on November 17, 2016

Modified on March 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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