Analysis of With Grace Sent



I often walk a mile
  to go just fifteen steps

I often write ten pages
  for that line that dries and sets

I often talk a blue streak
  hoping for one special word

And often love beyond my heart
  —with grace sent from our Lord

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)


Scheme XX XX XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 111011 1101110 1111101 1101011 1011101 01010111 1111101 0100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 258
Words 49
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 41
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 31, 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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