Analysis of Approaching Storm (#2)



A man clad in mystery
history would learn

The world in his debt
with fury to burn

Duty and honor
in marriage live on

With courage his mantra
—and battle his song

(Poem To End Chapter 20: February, 2023)


Scheme AB XB XX XX A
Poetic Form
Metre 0110100 10011 01011 11011 10010 01011 110110 01011 101110100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 208
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 26, 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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