Analysis of At The Gate



The writing came early,
  the reading came late

The knot hanging loosely
 —untied at the gate

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)


Scheme AB AB X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 010110 01011 011010 01101 01001010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 130
Words 20
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 25, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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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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