Analysis of Each Moment



Pointing his thumb,
two feet close behind

Direction untethered,
new mountains to climb

Hitching tomorrow,
to yesterdays past

To ride in the present
—each moment to last

(Presbyterian Hospital: October, 2019)


Scheme XA AX XB XB X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 11101 0101 11011 1001 1101 110010 11011 010010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 201
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 06, 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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