Analysis of Knighthood



My thoughts are my weapons,
my pen is my sword

My will is my whetstone,
my knighthood,
—my Lord

(Opening Poem to Novel 'Darkening Sun:' December, 2014)


Scheme XA XXA X
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 11111 11111 11 11 100101101001010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 148
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 1
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 04, 2016

Modified on March 14, 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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