Sound Bites: May 10, 2024
If true
that old age
is but a bad habit …
what can youth become
_____
Divorcing passion
from intellect
Two orphans
created
Homeless together
— inside of one soul
_____
If you want
to be free
First
be a prisoner
A captive
of prescience
An inmate
— of self
-------
Contradiction …
a privilege of freedom
--------
Knowledge is a prison
— and freedom its bars
--------
The pedantic
philosopher
Indistinguishable
— from the fool
(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 10, 2024
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Scheme | XXXA BXXXCX XXXCXXXX BA BX XCXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 473 |
Words | 92 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 8, 2, 2, 4, 1 |
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