To Change One Word
To change one word and rock the world,
—a new verse dancing free
Its weight unmeasured and breadth untold,
—whose key unlocks the dream
The bottle open, the genie gone,
—the last domino to fall
One word pulled out or inserted back,
—with new meaning to enthrall
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 17, 2016
Modified on March 18, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XA XX XB XB A |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 302 |
Words | 51 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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