Only A Poet
Only a Poet…
can change feelings into air,
begetting a new feeling
Only a Poet…
can transform thoughts into verse,
birthing a new thought
Only a Poet…
can define the indefinable,
words meaning more than their letters allow
And only a Poet can stab time in the heart,
to bleed free and eternal,
—only a Poet
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 07, 2017
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axx Axx Abx xbA x |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 356 |
Words | 60 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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