Desires Contradict



Approach-reproach conflict
desires contradict:
wanting two opposing values,
like keeping or letting go, and dropping either one
is a major discord
that could end one up undone.

Reproach-reproach conflict
desires contradict:
wanting to avoid both values,
like "a rock or a hard place," and facing either one
is a major discord
that could end one up out-run.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aAbcDc aAbcDc
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 345
Words 58
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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