Eight Questions
Will there ever come a time
when a moment doesn’t matter
Will there ever come a date
when the days won’t connect
Will there ever come a phrase
its words devoid of meaning
Will there ever come a song
whose melody won’t play
Have you let what you celebrate
turn into celebrity
Have your messages been transformed
into a billboard or sign
Have you become a lonely caricature
of a free and lasting symbol
Have your words become mere chatter
—in a pandering for fame
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 01, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XA BX XX XX BX XX AX AX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 508 |
Words | 89 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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