Analysis of The Many Faces Of Eve



I hated her
as much as I loved her

And loved her in ways
my telling would shame

Emotion embroiled
in deadliest combat

Choosing not one
—but the other to blame

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)


Scheme AA XB XX XB X
Poetic Form
Metre 1100 111110 01001 11011 01001 010010 1011 101011 1100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 193
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 7

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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 07, 2023

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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