Bound
Words dance before me
In a rhythmic way they run and play
And the syncopation
Has me chasing another lyrical high
This motivation is bigger than I
Bigger than me
Bigger than we
It's a self-fulfilling prophecy
That I can't get off of me
It sticks like so much glue
We once were two
But now we've transcended
Into a new
About this poem
My relationship with words has always been a happy and fruitful symbiosis...
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Written on October 04, 2022
Submitted by A.L.Wells on October 06, 2022
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | ABCDDAAAAEEFE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 66 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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