Analysis of Felicitas



Stay true to your words
embattle the storm
With rudder set deeply
each letter reborn
Stay true to the verse
in couplets of rhyme
To capture the moment
—in oceans of time

(Dreamsleep: April, 2023)


Scheme XXXXXAXA X
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 01001 110110 11011 11101 0111 110010 01011 110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 201
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 01, 2023

Modified on May 02, 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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