Analysis of Until Salvation Lost



Every man is his own Cathedral,
—stained glass window of the battles fought

Each man is to life eternal,
—new weapons made, until salvation lost

(Grantham New Hampshire: December, 2015)


Scheme AX AX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1001111010 111010101 11111010 1101010101 10110010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 187
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 49
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 28, 2015

Modified on March 05, 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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