Analysis of Enemy Within



If conflict is human,
is violence a game

The law of the jungle
by some other name

A mortal endeavor,
to choose when we fight

With nature in judgment
—the wrong from the right

(Wayne Pennsylvania: August, 2020)


Scheme XA XA XB XB X
Poetic Form
Metre 110110 110001 011010 11101 010010 11111 110010 01101 101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 203
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 31, 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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