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Once

Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)

The light shown through

Once

I didn't feel as though I was drowning

The sea was enchanted,

And all that glows was made evident.

From the freedom of her eyes.

Thoughts were a dream

And the miracle of life was born

The great mystery

Compounded every vision.

Where were we when time began?

When the heavens opened up and truth rang free?
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Submitted by kbdallas2020 on April 10, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X X A X X A
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 349
Words 80
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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