Analysis of Quote The Raven



A hole that can’t be filled
an ocean that can’t be crossed
a phrase that can’t be spun
inhaling your exhaust
The measure off the scale
the truant thrice reclassed
the memory twice forgotten
the die that’s never cast
A spider web unwoven
a future distant past
a God beyond religion
a sail without its mast
“To Trip The Light Fantastic”
to burn the bridge uncrossed
to fasten moments end to end
—to find what time has lost

(The New Room: February, 2022)


Scheme ABCBXACDCDCDXAXB X
Poetic Form
Metre 011111 1101111 011111 010101 010101 01011 01001010 011101 01011 010101 0101010 010111 1101010 11011 11010111 111111 011100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 467
Words 84
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 16, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 179
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted by sage48 on February 04, 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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