Analysis of Death On The Fringes
The older I get
the louder the Muse does parade
The shorter the moment
the deeper her message invades
The older I get
distant voices filter and fade
With death on the fringes
—all focus recentered and staged
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)
| Scheme | Ab xx Ab xx x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 01001101 010010 01001001 01011 10101001 111010 110101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
Font size:
22 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Death On The Fringes" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/47208/death-on-the-fringes>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Kurt Philip Behm poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In