Analysis of Beyond My Fear



The Sage brought me to the Muse,
  when I was but sixteen

Her face familiar, her words estranged,
  my fate caught in-between

As years went on she whispered
  and oft times took the lead

To guide my wishes past my fear
   —old wounds there left to bleed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)


Scheme XA XA XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 0111101 111101 010100101 111001 1111110 011101 11110111 111111 010010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 288
Words 51
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 45
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on November 27, 2018

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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