Analysis of Freedom's Ladder



The word ‘ABOUT’
  is like a ladder

From what is
  to what may be

Each rung a step
  in our perception

Climbing higher
  —to be free

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)


Scheme XA XB XX AB X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 11010 111 1111 1101 010010 1010 111 01001010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 168
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 25
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 04, 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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