Midas
Kellen Anderson 2005 (South Dakota)
I lean't to kiss your knuckles bare
Your hand ripp'd from me quite aware
"I'll turn you gold if you dare,
touch me on my left hand there."
I simply laughed and shrugged it off
"You worry so, and doubt enough"
I controlled my atoms very well
for alchemy was an ancient spell
Turn me to gold, he did naught
other riches of my heart he had wraught
there was no need to turn me else
for I had control of myself
About this poem
This poem, published in 2022, depicts a person who loves someone who believes they will turn them into something terrible, but their self control prevents this.
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Written on September 29, 2022
Submitted by KellenLou on September 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 409 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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