Art
Why does it feel so Titanic
To turn nature to art?
Is it pencil, pen or painting
Which I shall start?
Every brush of my hand
Seems elementary, bland;
Every line drawn from view
Seems to curve oh so skew;
I feel like ripping my canvas
For what I see is pathetic;
Oh Van Gogh, if only I had
That tortured genius so sad;
At the moment though, I press
On to master my craft;
Perhaps someday they'll rest
In smiling hands, and a nod ...
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Submitted on January 10, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 416 |
Words | 85 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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