Analysis of Ode To Pandora



Some rocks you don’t turn over
some tales you never tell

Some lights you never throw the switch
—some broth you never chill

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)


Scheme XX XX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1111110 111101 11110101 111101 110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 156
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 40
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 11, 2022

Modified on May 01, 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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