Analysis of When—Now



When did the global depression
  begin

When did the leaves start to
  wither and fall

When did the answers start questioning
  themselves

When did the love vanish that springtime
  recalls

Now, every method begets nothing
  but madness

Now, the rotten pudding harbors proof
  deep within

Now, every deal is dealt from
  the bottom

Now, disowned and orphaned
 —the truth cowers in sin

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2015)


Scheme XA XX BX XX BX XA CC XA X
Poetic Form
Metre 11010010 01 110111 1001 110101100 01 11011011 1 1100100110 110 101010101 101 11001111 010 101010 01101 010010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 412
Words 66
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 37
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 22, 2018

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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