Dialectic of the Lost II
I've found
a window
has cracked open.
I'm ashamed
of the hot air
wisping out
the sliver.
I'm always
---------------reaching
for the next
one
to tell myself too.
Who will let me
be a part of them?
I know better--
everyone is another
I could
have been.
Still,
the stinging
echo of
the distinction--
the proclamation
of distance.
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Submitted on January 28, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXA XXXB XCXAX XX BBXA XCXAAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 303 |
Words | 58 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5, 2, 4, 6 |
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