Analysis of Where Thunder Begins



All virtue intended,
  but darkness conspired

The moon bringing shadows,
 the wind bringing liars

Our memories entrapped,
  as time’s myth reigns again

From clouds that are hidden,
—where thunder begins

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)


Scheme XX XX XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 110010 110010 01101 011010 1010001 111101 111110 11001 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 238
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 27, 2017

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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