Greatest Poem Ever Written



Last night in bed
I wrote the greatest poem ever written.
It kept running through my head
and I beamed with pride at
having outperformed every poet
alive or dead.

You were asleep, and I didn't have the heart
to move your head from my chest so I could
jot it down.

Soon I fell asleep
and the poem flew away
and buried itself in an
unmarked grave, totally forgotten.

I never remembered a word of it
and I really don't care
because you were warm and
fit me perfectly.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAXXA XXX XXXB XXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 448
Words 90
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 3, 4, 4

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