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What If

JOSEPH MICHAEL NOVO

Free verse
What if the world
Should stop in its tracks
Would anyone stop
To find out the facts

Should the stars not shine
The night sky be black
All would look
Wondering when they’re coming back

With the flowers left bare
Losing all of their fragrance
With nothing to fill
The loss of innocence

What if the world
Should be void of care
Then we would remember
The world should better share

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What the world should think.

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Submitted by josephmn on June 05, 2022

Modified on March 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abxb xcxc dexe Adxd
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 384
Words 76
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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