Analysis of New Whispers



Sometimes,
  in the shadows
  of the early morning light

Resting in the
  shade,
  awaiting the beginning

And hiding
  from the end
  of all that’s unpromised

I watch
  the questions disguise themselves
  as often answered

And tuck
  new whispers soft within,
  —a certain change

(Chicago Illinois: July, 1977)


Scheme XXA XXB BXA XXX XXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 01 001 1010101 1000 1 0100010 1 010 101 1111 11 0100101 11010 01 110101 0101 01011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 305
Words 48
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 7, 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 47
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 02, 2016

Modified on March 12, 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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