This is an analysis of There Are Not Many Kingdoms Left by Kenneth Patchen.
I write the lips of the moon upon her shoulders. In a
temple of silvery farawayness I guard her to rest.…
Browse poems by Kenneth Patchen
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ab aXb Xc bc XXX dXd
- Stanza lengths: 2,3,2,2,3,3,
- Metre: 11010010101000 100100100011001 101110101010100 100101001101 10001101 10010101101110 10010 01011101000101 1010 0100100011000 111111001100101 110100101011010 11100100011001 01001001101 1010101011001010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
i, of, her
