Analysis of Where Memories Can Run



I like old people that look old
  and young people that look young

Concepts that are original
  laughter and fun

I like faces that show character
  and faces that show hope

The wrinkles hard earned
  youth and spirit elope

I like things that mesh quietly
  and fit into place

Ideas that break barriers
  reinventing my space

I like old people that look old
  and young people that look young

And the bridge built between them
 —where memories can run

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2018)


Scheme AB cd xe xe xf xf AB xd c
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111 0110111 10110100 1001 111011100 010111 01011 101001 11111100 01011 01011100 001011 11110111 0110111 0011011 110011 01001010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 474
Words 83
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 06, 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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