Analysis of All There Is



Will there come a time,
not very far off

When all that you have
is what you believe

Will there come a time,
now closer than far

When what you believe
—is all that there is

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)


Scheme Ax xb Ax bx x
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 11011 11111 11101 11101 11011 11101 11111 1010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 193
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 31
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 09, 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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