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Like You

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Though I like you I'm not like you
We are worlds apart
The things we like
are things not like the likenesses we start

The likes of you are likes of few
We are worlds apart
What we most like
is most unlike the likenesses we chart

Our likes are true and dislikes too
We are worlds apart
All we dislike
is much alike the likenesses of heart

Though I like you I'm not like you
We are worlds apart
Unlike dislike
alike is like the likenesses of art

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Submitted on February 05, 2010

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABcb aBcb aBcb ABcb
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 428
Words 89
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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