Analysis of BEYOND

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



I'm not sure there is a heaven
Skeptical about hell
Preachers and prophets haven't proven
What lies beyond, no one returns to tell


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111010 100011 100101010 1101110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 130
Words 23
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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The far side of poetry is approachable.

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Written on May 01, 2023

Submitted on May 01, 2023

Modified on May 02, 2023

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