Would I Trade The Words
Would I trade the words…
would I trade for a song
Would I trade the words…
for a life ever long
Would I trade the words…
for a pulpit on high
Would I trade the words…
for the moon and the sky
Would I trade the words…
for immortality insured
Would I trade the words…
for your love still unheard
Would I trade the words…
for all fortune and fame
Would I trade the words
—would my soul then remain
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 19, 2016
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on March 18, 2020
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Scheme | Ab Ab Ac Ac Ax Ax Ax Ax c |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 444 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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