Arrivederci!
Who are you to judge me now
When you’ve made mistakes too?
And yet you want to crucify me
In the public’s view
I’ve never claimed perfection
As others have before -
But there you stand, casting stones
Knocking down my door
I’m through with feeling guilty,
I don’t feel any shame -
I did just what I had to do
My life is not a game
So now you’re just somebody
That I once held so dear -
But if your world fell down on you
I would not shed a tear
Just go about your business,
Yes go, and leave me be -
Because in time I know that I’ll
Erase your memory
You do not hold the power
You seem to think you do -
Arrivederci, Adios, Goodbye
At last to you!
About this poem
This is about love gone bad. When one partner refuses to accept the end of a relationship, and trying to ruin the other partners reputation.
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Written on May 15, 1978
Submitted by lanhamleslie on November 19, 2022
Modified on March 30, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XCXC BDAD BXAX XBXB XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 666 |
Words | 143 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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