Analysis of Make A Decision



Be smart…
  stop trying to act smart

Be alive…
  stop talking about life

Make a decision…
  stop fearing the possible outcomes

Pick a direction…
  —stop spinning your wheels in space

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)


Scheme AA XX BX BX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11 110111 101 110011 10010 11001001 10010 1101101 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 220
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 26, 2019

Modified on April 06, 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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