Analysis of Forever Wondering Why



Run away from the what,
  let the how lead the way
Keep the questions before you,
  and the answers at bay

Deem your motion perpetual,
  with all stops left behind
As those presents unwrapped,
  open up in your mind

May the wind rise to greet you,
  and your sun never set
On those places now virgin,
  that you still haven’t met

May the wisdom of sages,
  be your rallying cry
As you course through the ages,
  —ever wondering why

(Train-New Haven: March, 2015)


Scheme XABA XCXC BDXD XEXE X
Poetic Form
Metre 101101 101101 1010011 001011 11100100 111101 111001 101011 1011111 011101 1110110 11111 1010110 111001 1111010 101001 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 450
Words 83
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 23, 2015

Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on April 08, 2020

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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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