The Sun
Dennis Floesler 1988 (Baltimore)
You wax and wane
Imprisoned by a cycle, ultimately your bane
Your labor, unremarked in an expanding sea
You rise and fall, like doddering trees
And much like the trees, you're slowly dying
Just like me.
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Submitted on February 20, 2021
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| Scheme | AABCDB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 197 |
| Words | 36 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
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