Analysis of This Present Adorned



My conviction
  —my pen
My blood
  is my ink
My spirit
  my foundation
My faith
  is my link
My love
  is the cradle
Where tomorrow
  is born
My belief
  my transcendence
In this present
 —adorned

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)


Scheme AXXBXAXBXXXXXXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 11 11 111 110 1010 11 111 11 1010 101 11 101 1010 0110 01 010010100
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 225
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 16, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 08, 2018

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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