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For Beauty I Am Not a Star

Woodrow Wilson 1856 (Staunton, Virginia.) – 1924 (Virginia)

For beauty I am not a star,
There are others more perfect by far,
But my face I don't mind it,
For I am behind it,
It is those in front that I jar.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 155
Words 36
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, in office from 1913 to 1921. Woodrow Wilson was an American academic and occasional poet who had numerous books and essays published during his lifetime. more…

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