Analysis of Till Our Wishes



I lived inside her laughter,
I slept inside her song,
I wrote inside her meaning
  —till our wishes all were gone

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)


Scheme AXXX A
Poetic Form Cinquain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101010 110101 1101010 11010101 010010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 151
Words 25
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 60
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 07, 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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