Analysis of Open Wounds



Sutures of connection,
words tightly sewn

Seaming together
—closing the unknown

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)


Scheme XA BA B
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 101010 1101 1010 10001 010010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 119
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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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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