Analysis of To Catherine Deneuve



I gave my heart to someone in the rain,
the clouds exploding, witness to my vows

The water carrying away each fervent wish
—to stream in happy aqueducts of love

(Dreamsleep: January, 2021)


Scheme XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111111001 0101010111 010100011101 110101011 1100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 186
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by sage48 on January 23, 2021

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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