Analysis of Each Unwritten Word



Is there such a thing as
unadulterated goodness

Unattached to fortune
and the fame it wards

If there is, I’ve yet to see it
with these naked eyes

As I continue to hope
—with each unwritten word

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)


Scheme XX XX XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111011 010010 01110 00111 11111111 11101 1101011 110101 010010100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 229
Words 41
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 37
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 28, 2019

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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