Analysis of Self Infliction



Art,
the poison with which
the universe stings…
the artist dead

(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)


Scheme XXXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (80%)
Cinquain  (60%)
Metre 1 01011 0101 0101 1100
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 95
Words 16
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 36
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 26, 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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