Analysis of Her Power Accused



Choking on her
greatest asset,
America dying
from freedom abused

Twisting in the wind
a talonless eagle,
Her heart ripped open
—her power accused

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)


Scheme XXXA XXXA X
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 101 010010 11001 10001 0110 01110 01001 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 180
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 51
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 11, 2017

Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on July 07, 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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