Analysis of Broken



Gone like September
from the wind
Gone like the Robin
from its wing
Gone like a child
from its laughter
Gone like the memory
of Spring

Gone like the Priest
behind his vestments
Gone like the hours
from the day
Gone like the waves
atop the ocean
Gone like the months
that lead to May

Gone are the reasons
from excuses
Gone are the moments
trapped in time
Gone is today
from tomorrow
Gone is the magic
left behind

Gone are the memories
from recollection
Gone the beginnings
from the ends
Gone every joy
from every sorrow
Gone what you broke
—but couldn’t bend

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)


Scheme ABCDXAXD XEEFECEF EEEXFGXB ECEEXGXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 101 11010 111 1101 1110 110100 11 1101 0111 11010 101 1101 01010 1101 1111 11010 1010 11010 101 1101 101 11010 101 110100 1010 10010 101 11001 110010 1111 111 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 591
Words 112
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 03, 2022

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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