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Pain of the Cocoon

Marie Flis 1972 (MA)

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The pain changed her.
She spun a cocoon
Around her heart
Never wanting to feel again
Then realized
It was foolish
To waste the beautiful life
She was blessed with.
She blossomed
Into the beautiful butterfly
She always was destined to be
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Written on February 05, 2022

Submitted by flisburns on March 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHIJK
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 237
Words 45
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
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