Can You
Can you separate your art
from your politics
Can you separate the temporal
from the divine
Can you separate the excuses
from the reasons
Can you separate true purpose
from those wasted times
Can you separate your vocation
and avocation
Can you separate curiosity
from true insight
Can you separate your duty
from convenience
Can you separate the darkness
from the light
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 18, 2016
Modified on March 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX XX XX AX BB CD CX AD C |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 412 |
Words | 66 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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