Oh What Could I Be?
Oh what could I be?
Anything, anything, don't you see
What is it you want to know with me?
A description I shall give to thee
I am majestic and filled with beauty
All over the world one may find me
I am correctly described as unique
And I am easy to find if I am what you seek
So what could I be?
Anything, anything, don't you see
What else do you want to know of me?
A description I shall give to thee
I flow, both quick and slow
And I can be both deep and shallow
Lengthy and short are both true
Describing my sizes and forms, old and new
Oh what can I be?
Anything, anything, don't you see
What is it you want to know of me?
A description I shall give to thee
I do not move, nor do I live
Though wisdom, I sometimes give
I am silly and sad and serious and song
I am also called art, and that is not wrong
So what could I be?
Anything, anything, don't you see
What else do you want to know of me?
A description I shall give to thee
I am old and clear as day
But also new, and a puzzle, some may say
I am numerous and all around,
But I am also one, and sometimes sound
Oh what could I be?
Anything, anything, don't you see
What is it you want to know of me?
A description I shall give to thee
I am many things, both false and true
I may be right in front of you
I am something you might hear
Now think hard, for the end is near
So what could I be?
Anything, anything, don't you see
What else do you want to know of me?
A final description I shall give to thee
I am literature, words, but not exactly
More specifically, I am actually:
An art with rhythm and show
A rhetoric with rhymes in flow
Oh, what could I be?
I am poetry, obviously
I can be anything, anything, don't you see
But now there is much more to know of me
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Submitted by pwdisher11 on July 20, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAaA aabb AAAA ccdd aAAA xxee AAAA ffgg AAAA ddxx AAAa aacc Aaaa |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,734 |
Words | 388 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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