Analysis of Short Verse



Tilting my words
 —the meaning bends inside

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2017)

The Stain Of Ink

If you’re not being taken seriously
 —write it down

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2017)


Scheme xx A x xx A
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 010101 0100101 0111 11110101000 111 0100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 218
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 1, 2, 1
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 29
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 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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