Analysis of Preaching To The Choir



News to confirm,
and not to inform

A slap on the back,
new patrons reborn

To pander or slander,
a partisan line

No minds to be changed
—their chorus reminds

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)


Scheme XX XX XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 01101 01101 11011 110110 01001 11111 11001 1100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 179
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 29
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by sage48 on February 14, 2021

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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