Analysis of Cartesian Whim



Altering the future
confirms your existence

In for a penny
—out for a pound

(Amtrak R5: June, 2021)


Scheme XX XX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 100010 011010 01010 1101 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 97
Words 18
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 26
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by sage48 on June 22, 2021

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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