Analysis of Stigmata



Wringing feelings
Like a sponge…
The words dripped down
From my lips
Onto the page
  —staining my soul

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)


Scheme XXXXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 101 0111 111 1001 1011 0100101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 136
Words 22
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 1
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 55
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 12, 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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