Analysis of Chimeran Crossing



Bridging the gap…
hate falling away

Into the chasm,
fate tightens the stays

Forging two armies,
to now fight as one

Entreating their union
—Saint Michael has come

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)


Scheme XX AX XB BA X
Poetic Form
Metre 1001 11001 01010 11001 10110 11111 1110 11011 01001010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 197
Words 32
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 17, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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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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