Analysis of To Never Forget



The merry-go-round of each day slipped away,
   and memories were all that was left

Until the turning stopped and my spirit released,
  set free, but to never forget

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2018)


Scheme AX XX A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 01011111101 010001111 010101011001 11111001 0100101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 197
Words 32
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) 52
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 27, 2018

Modified on March 14, 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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