Analysis of Set To Bloom



Like a vase containing flowers,
  a writer becomes a vessel for words

Beyond seconds, minutes, and hours,
  displaying lines set to bloom in what’s heard

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)


Scheme AX AX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 10101010 0100101011 011010010 0101111001 010010100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 192
Words 29
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 51
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 18, 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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