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Heart ❤

Uhunoma Leonard Iyahen 1986 (United States)

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Forge thy heart into a spear,
And watch how fast you can tear.
Forge thy heart into a bear
And see how much pains you can cause a deer.

Forge thy heart into hooks
And see trapped fishes from the rear.
How dare you cause despair
With thy heart , is it fair?

Forge thy spear into a heart
And see as it grows what you build.
For inside your very heart,
there lies Your other building tools.

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out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh

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Submitted by Leocribs on June 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA XABB CXCX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 383
Words 77
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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