People
My darling counterpoint
who steals the sheets
from my side of the universe
has tossed aside
those mightier than he
to swing chandelier-bright
above the flames in my head,
blazing in a broad guffaw
and entertaining as any good
embargo, but, oh!
all stars, all halos he,
curled under my arm like a seed.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX XAXX XXX AX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 290 |
Words | 54 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 2 |
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