Analysis of Leaving The Oasis



Greatness
is condemned to loneliness
as the desert calls
magnifying the instant
through the burning glass
unleashing its essence
in the fire of possibility
spreading old ashes reborn
—upon the sand

(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)


Scheme AAXXXXXXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 10 1011100 10101 100010 10101 010110 001010100 1011011 0101 1010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 230
Words 35
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 25, 2022

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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