Analysis of Magic Reclaimed



The power of one word
a sentence to shame
Whose meaning suborted
and magic reclaimed

Only one syllable
quiets the storm
Where poets can dream
—in beauty reborn

(The New Room: June 9, 2023)


Scheme AXAX XXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 010111 01011 1101 01001 101100 1001 11011 01011 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 192
Words 36
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 09, 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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