Snowglobe
And so the world turned
to glass above my head
And shattered
above my head
and broke
above my head
And so the blood tastes like rust
and salt
and splintered hope
as it drips into my mouth
and stales
my tongue
And so I walk
with the world’s shards
embedded
in my head
And so, with veracity
at my heels
I send my appeals
to hell
And its fire
dances
across the world’s shards
And its breath
shakes
my house of cards
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaxAxA xxxxbx xbxa xbbx xbb xbb |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 391 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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