Analysis of Angel Guardian



In the still of night, between the sheets, she came to
  me again, her mission clear, I must adhere—and let
  the dream begin

My fears and doubt she then ignored, and covered both
  with dust, to mask the past and future lies, whose
  weakness I entrust

In the dimming light her wings were spread, as sheet
 and blanket flew, and from her back, a world
 estranged—from what I thought I knew

She burned my eyes and entered deep, to places I
  had banned, and far within what I’d become—she
  let go of my hand

Now looking back, I see the dust, it marks my entry
  clear, and covers up my last denial—and buries
  every fear

The dream to end, my soul to mend, new eyes to open
  wide, but when they close, my spirit knows—the truth
  now sleeps inside

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)


Scheme AXX XXX XXA XBX BXX XXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 001110101111 1010101110101 0101 110111010101 11110101011 10101 00101010111 0101010101 01111111 111101011101 11010111011 11111 1101110111110 1010111010010 1001 0111111111110 11111110101 1101 0100101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 780
Words 143
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 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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