Analysis of Hunting The Silence



Sleeping inside my fury,
the predators keep away
Passing downwind of my ire,
seeking lesser prey

My strength is wrapped around me,
no more armor do I need
The fangs of lions, bears, and wolves,
break upon my sleeve

My campfire roars in anger,
the birds have stilled their wings
The tracks of blood I left today,
tomorrow’s path to bring

As ruler of this forest,
my range the great divide
To those who hear me coming
—upon whose fear I thrive

(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)


Scheme ABXB AXXX XXBC XXCX A
Poetic Form
Metre 1001110 0100101 1001111 10101 1111011 1110111 01110101 10111 1101010 011111 01111101 01111 1101110 110101 1111110 011111 1100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 479
Words 97
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 74
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted by sage48 on January 08, 2022

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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