Analysis of Don't Blaspheme



Don’t talk to me about form,
  when the feeling isn’t there

Don’t talk to me about substance,
  when experience is rare

Don’t talk to me about insight,
  when reflection is ignored

Don’t blaspheme an epiphany
  —in the presence of the Lord

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)


Scheme XA XA XB XB X
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011 101011 11110110 1010011 1111011 1010101 1110100 0010101 010010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 286
Words 45
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 11, 2019

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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