Possessions
The things we own can own us:
goods and assets enfetter.
To secure and maintain them we in turn become debtor.
Our effects can affect us:
clothes and attire must conform.
To secure and maintain them we in turn become a norm.
We belong to belongings:
gear and baggage encumber.
To secure and maintain them we in turn become grumbler.
Possessions can possess us:
estates and chattels take hold.
To secure and maintain them we in turn become controlled.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABB ACC XBB ADD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 439 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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