Analysis of Our Fated Selves



Folding in to convention,
Sealed in creases of acceptance,
Maligned and misled
By the false promises
Of a stolen heart,
We chase the white whale
Of validation
Into waters of denial…
  ‘Fury—the rallying cry
   of our vengeful spirit
   Hate—the jilted lover
   of our fated selves’

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)


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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 321
Words 49
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 126
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 03, 2019

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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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