What Is Poetry ?



What is poetry I ask myself?
A really hard question don't you think
Some think full stops, grammar and commas
Some don't think at all

It's a really hard question
Don't you think?
What is poetry too you
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 20, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXX XAX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 195
Words 38
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 3

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