Analysis of No More Could I Seek



When my words are read
by the common man

No higher praise could
any writer have

The awards and the accolades
from the intellectual elite

Pale dim in comparison,
to that man ‘in the street’

When my words are read
by those ‘salt of the earth’

My spirit is lifted,
I’m home from my search

Both steadfast and loyal,
to themselves and to me

No more could I ask for,
—no more could I seek

(Villanova Pennsylvania: Watching the New Hampshire Primary- February 9th, 2016)


Scheme Ax xx xb xb Ax xx xx xx x
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 10101 11011 10101 0010010 10010001 1100100 111001 11111 111101 110110 11111 11010 101011 111111 11111 0100101001101010011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 459
Words 85
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) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 40
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 09, 2016

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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