Analysis of Spiritus Sancti



The divinity of art
hiding in the folds
Draping o’er the multitudes
placing time on hold   

Its pristine encumbrance
so gently it calls
Speaking to our purity
transcending the small

The divinity of art  
in all of its forms
Its music seeks to woo us
its canvas adorns

And once it gains entry
our emptiness hides
Eternity surrenders  
—and Heaven presides

(The New Room: May, 2023)


Scheme Abxx bxcx Axxx cdxd x
Poetic Form
Metre 0010011 10001 101010 10111 1101 11011 10110100 01001 0010011 01111 1101111 11001 011110 101001 0100010 01001 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 389
Words 73
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 60
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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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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