Analysis of Together To Stand



The words once they’re spoken,
  notes and palettes enhanced

Not judged in reference,
   kindred spirits they dance

While music enlivens
  what phrases will say

A painting embodies
  what verses convey

And the only conflict
  is in the critic’s eye

Who sees not the harmony,
   but comparisons lie

As all art travels skyward,
  enjoined hand in hand

To the source of its power
   —together to stand

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)


Scheme XX XX XA XA XB CB XD XD C
Poetic Form
Metre 011110 10101 110100 101011 110010 11011 010010 11001 001010 100101 1110100 101001 1111010 01101 1011110 01011 010010100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 429
Words 69
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 27, 2019

Modified on March 13, 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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