Analysis of Calling Me Near



With time,
the beginning gets close to the end

With time,
I no longer need to pretend

With time,
the feelings stand on their own

With time,
the reasons are best left alone

With time,
the music alone mine to play

With time,
the words free to go or to stay

With time,
  the memories no longer a wish

With time,
all longing wrapped up in one kiss

With time,
I revisit those things I thought lost

With time,
I re-ember the long winter frost

With time,
I let go of the doubt and the fear

With time I embrace
—as your voice calls me near

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)


Scheme Ab Ab Ac Ac Ad Ad Ax Ax Ae Ae Af xf x
Poetic Form Tetractys  (52%)
Metre 11 001011101 11 11101101 11 0101111 11 01011101 11 01001111 11 01111111 11 010011001 11 11011011 11 101011111 11 111001101 11 111101001 11101 111111 010010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 551
Words 110
Sentences 1
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 05, 2020

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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