Analysis of Words Of Hope



Left on their own,
  my words turn to prayer

Renewing my faith
  —confirming You’re there

Spoken aloud,
  they lodge in my soul

Warming my heart
  —and keeping me whole

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)


Scheme XA XA XB XB X
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11111 01011 01011 1001 11011 1011 01011 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 203
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 31
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 11, 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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