Analysis of The Talisman



Persuader inside me
  dark sweetness cajoling

A talisman dangles
 —the present foretold

(Las Vegas: January, 2016)


Scheme AX XX A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1011 110010 010010 01001 110100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 112
Words 16
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 01, 2018

Modified on March 14, 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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