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Written by: Tracy Marie Mason
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Loss
You
Touch
And in
Shadow
Lace
Slivers of
Light
How I
Despair
Within
These lines
I so
Tried to
Yet years
Slide
Into
Shivers
Yet you
Gave up
And to
Dance within
By myself
Shadow
Against
The wall
Was
I not alone
All along
Kiss me
Yet I
Kiss
Back
Not at
All
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Submitted on May 08, 2013
Modified on April 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | a bxc bxc a dd x axexfGxxxhxfxgexxexexefxGxixxxxhxxxi |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 126 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, 37 |
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