Sonnet # 21
If I could change your body, my dear friend,
I'd make your figure the envy of the world.
Your face with charm the mind can't comprehend.
To amaze the eyes, your teeth as if they're pearled.
Your hair with youth and blacker than the night.
That would go well with lips the color rose.
So fine your skin, its beauty men to write.
But there is more, no human with your pose.
Now come the tears for you're up to your mind.
No human knows why you prefer your sex.
No magic I am; they're some whose hate is blind
For those like you though your desire's complex.
I could judge you and call your taste is bad.
I never will; I must not make you sad.
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Submitted by luisestable1 on March 25, 2023
Modified on April 10, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAACDCDEFEFGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 654 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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