Analysis of Darker Hues



True palettes of nature,
our souls are reframed by difficult things

The hues growing darker
—forever to color the struggle within

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)


Scheme AX AX A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11110 1011111001 011010 01011001001 010010010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 167
Words 25
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 46
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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