Analysis of Free & Clear



I’ve lived just enough
to die instilled

My history paid
—all debts fulfilled

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)


Scheme XA XA X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 11101 1101 11001 1101 1010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 104
Words 16
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 06, 2019

Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on October 06, 2019

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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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