Analysis of In Shadows Grow



The mother lode of nighttime verse,
  arriving late,
  —all Satan’s curse

The dreamer wakes, all sleep forgoes,
  old words unbirthed,
  —in shadows grow

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)


Scheme ABA XBX X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101111 0101 111 01011101 111 011 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 196
Words 27
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 49
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 25, 2016

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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