The Tempo of My Heart



The tempo of my heart
The tremolo trembling

The staccato of pain soaked needles
And the crescendo of self loathing

A tenor that’s of tender flesh-
Whips of agony play cadence

This rondo of trying
Swings  me round by my chains-
I created for thyself

Life’s Andante inferno-
Burning hellscapes and doubts

No matter the Rhapsody I profuse-
I conclude it will forever be the same Motif

For the tempo of my heartbeat is a tremolo off beat
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Submitted by unknown_r on February 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XA XA XX AXB XX XB X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 425
Words 78
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1

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