A Greater Love
A greater love have I
Whilst I kiss you
The moonlight is nothing to him
In his removed asylum
It is nothing to me
Of this earth I am
My body locked in your covetous embrace
Every fiber
Screaming of love
Of mortal passion
Of his world I am
My soul woven tightly into his
I exist in death
Dark aching love
Truth
You may bind me
Your weak earth chains surround me
But my soul has flown down
In eternal sleep
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X XXXA BXXCX BXXCX AAXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 386 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 5, 5, 4 |
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