Analysis of The Thread



Is there a thread that binds and ties,
  an artist to his art

Is it thin or thickly woven,
  does it hold or come apart

Is it there to free or wear one down,
  with the memory of its form

Does its very nature reattach,
  when in fury it is torn

Does it link in stark remembrance,
  all that’s past and gone away

Does it keep the truth within arms reach,
—when again we’ve lost our way

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)


Scheme XA XA XX XX XB XB X
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 110111 11111010 1111101 111111111 10100111 111010101 1010111 11101010 1110101 111010111 10111101 010010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 420
Words 81
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 46
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 25, 2016

Modified on March 10, 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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