Analysis of Looks To Deceive



Armed with the same knowledge
we’re still not conjoined
Intention the difference
no flip of the coin

Our substance a mirror
but essences framed
by choices defining
—the praise or the blame

(The New Room: November, 2023)


Scheme XXXX AXXX A
Poetic Form
Metre 110110 0111 0100100 11101 1010010 111 110010 01101 011010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 225
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 59
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on November 04, 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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