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A Broken Heart

Christopher Barnes 1949 (United States)

                A broken bone will readily mend,
                    also, an arm, a leg, a hand.
                 But a broken heart, when love departs
                    both grief and heartache will contend,
                 To see which will control the soul
                     and on to hell will send.
                  For neither will consent to give       
                     permission to heal the rend.

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There is nothing worse than losing the one you love.

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Submitted by cbarnes91452 on April 12, 2023

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Scheme ABCADAEA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 419
Words 55
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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