Analysis of Deafened To Hear



The ending in sight,
 —beginning so near

What’s loosened now tight,
 —those deafened to hear

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)


Scheme AX AX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 01001 01011 01011 1111 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 130
Words 19
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 26, 2017

Modified on March 23, 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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