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Flicker Flicker

Domanik Kraemer 2006 (FL)

September 23 
Free verse
Flicker flicker
Flicker flicker, little flame
Bright and boisterous, yet contained, sealed
Surrounded by glass, set never to leave
Flicker flicker

Flicker flicker little flame
Dance, dance in every direction you want
Flicker flicker...reach up and out of your prison made
     of glass
A little ball of distraction, elegant as can
Be
Flicker flicker

Flicker flicker little flame
Dance about, touching all those whom you attracted
Looking to be as delicate a red and orange prism
Made of the finest crystals.

About this poem

This is about the human soul.

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Written on January 01, 2023

Submitted by raissa_d on September 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABxxA BxxxxxA Bxxx
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 510
Words 85
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 7, 4
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