Analysis of A Legacy Was Planted



Mentally on the road
  while spiritually at home

My mind got to wander
  while my soul was at peace

Mentally on the road
  while spiritually at home

My thoughts got to ponder
  what only distance could release

Mentally on the road
  while spiritually at home

My roots ran deeper
  as my connection fastened

Mentally on the road
  while spiritually at home

My legacy was planted
  —under all that had happened

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)


Scheme AB cd AB cd AB ce AB xe c
Poetic Form
Metre 100101 11000011 111110 111111 100101 11000011 111110 11010101 100101 11000011 11110 1101010 100101 11000011 1100110 1011110 010010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 435
Words 74
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 23, 2015

Modified on March 10, 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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