Analysis of One Last Thing



I’m now at the point
  where I understand time

The ending in sight
  all focus behind

I’m finally ready
  to let it all go

The shackles unlocking
  —one last thing to know

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2018)


Scheme XX XX XA XA X
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 11011 01001 11001 110010 11111 010010 11111 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 206
Words 36
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 09, 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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