Analysis of Treasure Heaven Sent



Wrapped inside a moment,
reasons tied the bow

Excuses thrown into the trash,
where wasted pleadings go

The gift of time majestic,
when given free of tense

A present there beneath your tree
—its treasure heaven sent

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2019)


Scheme XX XX XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 101010 10101 01010101 110101 0111010 110111 01010111 110101 01001010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 247
Words 41
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 41
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 12, 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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