Analysis of Freedom Calls



Last thing to hold on to
Last thing to belong to
Frayed lifeline to the temple
 —clogged artery that slows

Last thing to hold on to
Last thing to belong to
As wings expand, freedom calls
 —finally letting go

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)


Scheme AAxx AAxx x
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111011 111010 110011 111111 111011 1101101 100101 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 244
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 66
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 14, 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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