Analysis of Lost Horizon



In her clouds of mystery,
souls recalled

Where voices cry out
—from Shangri La

(Dreamsleep: September, 2019)


Scheme XX XX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 0011100 101 11011 1101 1010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 106
Words 17
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 29
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 22, 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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