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Words

Kurt Philip Behm

Do your words inspire,
or serve to explain

Do your actions aspire,
or fail then again

Does your love encircle,
and endear you to all

Do you look up and smile,
—at the thought of it all

(Train To Dartmouth / New Hampshire: July, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 12, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AB AB XC XC X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 227
Words 45
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
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