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Shotgun

Nicholett Thomas 2006 (United States)

January 24 
Free verse
A bullet.
A bullet went through my chest,

And struck my heart
.
It wasn't the .22 round bullet.

It was the love bullet.

It wasn't shot by a pistol.

Not a automatic.

It was shot.

Shot by a shotgun.

I was struck in my heart,

By a bullet of love,

Fired from a shotgun.

About this poem

'Shotgun' is about being struck by love at the most unexpected time. Something the writer relates to..

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Written on October 31, 2023

Submitted by thomasnicholett on January 22, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AX B A A X X X C B X C
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 274
Words 74
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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