An Impression



Lonely isolation in the dark of night,

Surrounding and soulless electric light.

A rainy chill soaking through to the bone,

Will that friendly voice come on the phone?

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I intended to capture this specific moment and describe it so that others could experience it as a picture or a movie in words.

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Written on April 28, 2021

Submitted by cfox57 on October 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A A B B
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 169
Words 34
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1

Charles H Fox III

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