Analysis of No Dishonor Or Shame



A warrior lives
like he’s already dead

Honor intact,
his last mission ahead

Destiny called
by an enemy name

All glory to God
—no dishonor or shame

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)


Scheme XA XA XB XB X
Poetic Form
Metre 01001 110101 1001 111001 1001 111001 11011 101011 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 183
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 03, 2017

Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on July 05, 2019

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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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