Analysis of The Moment Self Taught



Those times I was distant,
  those times spent alone

Those times I spent searching,
  so far from the throne

Those times when I questioned,
  the questions I asked

Those times never answered,
  those times that contrast

Those times that were gifted,
  those times that were not

Those times that were frozen,
  those times that were hot

Those times I spent chasing,
  myself being sought

Those times an illusion,
 —the moment self taught

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)


Scheme XA BA XX XX XC DC BE DE X
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 11101 111110 11101 111110 01011 111010 11110 111010 11101 111010 11101 111110 1101 111010 01011 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 459
Words 76
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 41
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 02, 2017

Modified on March 10, 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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