Analysis of The Truth On Trial



The Doctor and aspiring Judge
  their facts now up for grabs

Agendas twisted, the world at stake
   neoclassic power grab

Memories scarce and memories bent
  all truth behind the lines

With punches far below the belt
  —and justice ill defined

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)


Scheme XX XX XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 01000101 111111 010100111 010101 100101001 110101 11010101 010101 010010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 279
Words 44
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 45
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 28, 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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