One Shot
Far from the arenas and the spectacle
Victories are won
Where the witnesses are few
Victories are forged
It’s not every day you stand up
And confront your demons
It’s not every day you accept
That your teacher has arrived
In the minute trials
In the fits and distractions
You were bound and defeated
Until someone took you by the hand
And said, “Aim higher”
Out of your entropy
And into your destiny
One shot was made
And the rest they say is,
History
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Written about a time I helped someone disabled make a basketball shot
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Written on April 22, 2022
Submitted by Tremac on April 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X X X X X A X X X A X X X B B X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 484 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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