Analysis of Primi Entis



Trapped in time waves a banner
  spelling ‘truth awaits’

But being first is the flag
 —that flies forever

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2018)


Scheme AX XA X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 1011010 10101 1101101 11010 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 143
Words 22
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 37
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 08, 2018

Modified on March 14, 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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