Ode to self defeat.
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
She pulled the cereal out of the cupboard,
and slammed the door,
not wanting to read the instructions that day, let alone understand them anymore.
About this poem
Admitting defeat when you've reached the limits of your forgiveness and not being able to cry.
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Written on September 11, 2021
Submitted by heathert.34240 on September 11, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABB |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 144 |
Words | 25 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 3 |
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