Analysis of Silent Voices



External conflict
(versus)
self-disaffection

The first a misdemeanor
(the second)
a higher crime

Inarticulate
powerful yearnings
trapped in between

Inarticulate
powerful yearnings
—of that forever lost

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)


Scheme xxx xxx ABx ABx x
Poetic Form
Metre 01010 10 1010 010010 010 0101 00100 10010 1001 00100 10010 110101 110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 234
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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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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