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Forever in Your Eyes Forev

John William Schmieder

Sonnet
I saw forever in her eyes.
In her whispered words, regret.
Only then did I realize
Her cheeks were lightly wet.

Her tears were not a disguise
For she paid her lover's debt.
I saw forever in your eyes,
In your whispered words, regret.

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Short and bitter sweet

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Written on May 22, 1984

Submitted by Mojavememory1987 on November 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB ABAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 240
Words 52
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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