Analysis of Unum Carmen



Too many good thoughts
so many bad poems
The bridge to forever
exacting its toll
Too many to count
just one to remember
As beauty releases
—redeeming the soul

(The New Room: June, 2023)


Scheme XXABXAXB X
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 110110 011010 01011 11011 111010 110010 01001 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 189
Words 35
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 74
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 23, 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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