Analysis of THE VERISIMILITUDE OF A POEM

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



Poetic words are carefully chosen
Some not necessarily needed to support his poetry
Even if words are never spoken
The poets sentiments are projected truthfully


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 0101110010 110100101011100 101111010 0101001010100
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 157
Words 25
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 136
Words per stanza (avg) 25

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Poets Mea Culpa

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Written on October 06, 2021

Submitted by jb809499 on November 06, 2021

Modified on April 29, 2023

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