Analysis of The Borderline



I dare you
not to read the words,
I double-dare you true

To live outside
a sentenced life
—your spirit unrenewed

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)


Scheme AXA BXB X
Poetic Form
Metre 111 11101 110111 1111 0101 1101 1100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 137
Words 24
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 37
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 24, 2020

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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