Analysis of A Metaphor Of Poetics (+1)



Living vicarious…
  the most important attribute
  of an effective Poet

Never consumed by your
  subject
   —consuming it in verse

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)
          ‘Dedicated To Emily’


Scheme XXX XXX AA
Poetic Form
Metre 100100 0101010 1101010 100111 01 010101 010010100 10001100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 205
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 20, 2019

Modified on April 17, 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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