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I Don't Believe You

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)

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I don't believe a word you say
Each time you compliment
The many things I do and say,
Though they are all well-meant.

My mind has built a wall to be
Protection from all words.
My thoughts of inferiority
Reflect the cold observed.

Whoever said that words cannot
Do harm to anyone,
Was deaf to what mean words have wrought
And kind words not begun!

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Self-Doubt

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Written on July 17, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 17, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on July 17, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CXCX XDXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 348
Words 72
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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