Analysis of Baptized There



My life a poem, forego the count,
  that comes in threes and fours

The space between to catch new breath,
  that time may now allure

These moments gifted more than once,
  now constant in their prayer

Whose vow will cast the river wide,
 —new words to baptize there

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)


Scheme XX XX XA XA X
Poetic Form
Metre 110100101 110101 01011111 111101 11010111 110011 11110101 111011 010010100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 300
Words 52
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 48
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 22, 2017

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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