Analysis of My Path Unbroken



Refusing to be labeled,
  rejecting type and cast

With choices so enabled,
  my freedom first and last

All fantasy as token,
  its myths now cast aside

My path remains unbroken,
—false branding singed with lies

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)


Scheme AB AB CX CX X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101110 010101 1101010 110101 1100110 111101 1101010 110111 010010100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 245
Words 39
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) 40
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 12, 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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