Analysis of Michael's Call



The closer we get
to Godlike
the more welcome
death will be

Returning home
no longer
alone
—the answer question free

(First Book Of Prayers: August, 2023)


Scheme XXXA XXXA X
Poetic Form
Metre 01011 11 0110 111 0101 110 01 010101 111110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 159
Words 29
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 41
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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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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