Analysis of A Siren's Call



Can prayer overcome
  karma

Can wishes rise above
  fate

Can memory displace
  what vision instills

Can love pass beyond
  —without hate

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)


Scheme XX XA XX XA X
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 10 110101 1 110001 11001 11101 011 010010010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 172
Words 25
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on November 07, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

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