Analysis of To The Last



Embattled here,
entitled there
One flag still flying,
the smoke-filled air

Horizons darken,
as blood runs free
The last man standing
—whose will to be

(Villanova University: March, 2021)


Scheme XABA XCBC X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 0101 11110 0111 01010 1111 01110 1111 01001001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 180
Words 29
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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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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