Analysis of Tomorrow's Song



Memories of the future,
dancing in my head

Recalling what will come to pass,
 joyous and unread

Reflections yet to happen,
vivid they befall

Voices that still wait to sing
—calling me enthralled

(The Book Of Prayers: September, 2020)


Scheme AB XB XX XX A
Poetic Form
Metre 1001010 10011 01011111 10001 0101110 10101 1011111 10101 0111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 227
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 37
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 12, 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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