Analysis of Ink Spilling Divine



The wild talk of the wounded
  words pointed and sharp

The casualties mounting
  dead noted and marked

Each phrase a revival
  ink spilling divine

The wild talk of the wounded
  —dark shadows to rhyme

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)


Scheme Ax xx xx Ax x
Poetic Form
Metre 0111010 11001 0100010 11001 110010 11001 0111010 1111 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 234
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 24, 2019

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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