Analysis of If—Then

Kurt Phiip Behm

If Art …
 is our connection to the senses

Then Poetry …
  is our connection to the soul

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

Scheme XX XX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 11 1100101010 1100 110010101 01001010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 126
Words 22
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 13, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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