The Lazy Rhymer's House
two weeks of dishes in the sink
the cat is lost in the grass
two inches of dust on everything
I have foolishly amassed
the soles of my feet are brown
deserted books lay all around
my eyes are permanently cast down
so I won't see it all crash down
my beautiful place of refuge
my dream
my prize
the hard-won feeling I could really feel alive
I came here to live
but I think
I came here to die.
About this poem
Written during a depressed episode while I was alone in my house
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Written on November 22, 2014
Submitted on November 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXX BXBB XXXC CAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 395 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3 |
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