Analysis of Divinity Chosen



Do three dimensions,
preclude a fourth

Does pointing toward South,
prevent being North

Is now just the midpoint,
between future and past

Does the freedom to choose,
leave all nature aghast

Is one and one two,
if one is in doubt

Are the whole or its parts,
what this world is about

Are Creation and Physics,
at war with themselves

Is Divinity chosen
—willed unto one self

(Saint David’s Pennsylvania: July, 2019)


Scheme XA XA XB XB XC XC XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 0101 110011 01101 11101 011001 101011 111001 11011 11101 101111 111101 1010010 11101 1010010 11011 1100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 400
Words 72
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 36
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 07, 2019

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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