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Doves and Dogs

Frances Mary 2003

Free verse
Doves and dogs

Thank god, it’s been too many years to sit and picture burlesque.
Today, I see myself dancing in hopes of eyes wandering in the lines.
A coward, a nervous, and an eye wandering through the slit.
He looks up, and a dove is surrounded by dogs.
I stop dancing and sing.

About this poem

This is a poem about a woman using her seductive manner to grasp the attention of her peers. All she can do is dance. She then meets a man, who lets her be herself and sing.

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Written on December 15, 2021

Submitted by FrancesMary on December 15, 2021

Modified by FrancesMary on December 16, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A XXXAX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 291
Words 61
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 5
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