Analysis of Two Thoughts For



Of Singular Importance

The clarity of your words,
   the purity of your heart
       —the release of your soul

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)

The words a magic salve….
  for the unspoken wound
    —of a thought once denied

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)


Scheme x xxx A xxx A
Poetic Form
Metre 1100010 0100111 0100111 001111 010010100 010101 100101 101101 010010100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 292
Words 42
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 1, 3, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 41
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 20, 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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