Analysis of On My Sleeve



I know more things
than I can tell

The water deep
within my well

I wish for more
than hope can stand

Obeying Thee
—my heart commands

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)


Scheme XA XA XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1111 0101 0111 1111 1111 0101 1101 01001010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 165
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 27
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 29, 2020

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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