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ME, DIRT!

Mark Schroettner

To the apple of my eye
It is time for me to go
Even though I gave it a try
I must let go
Our love will not grow.

Even though that we'd been hurt
I feel that we are strong enough to survive
We are going to carry on and live
In due time you'll forget about me
The dirt.

About this poem

This was written 12/26/1992. This was published in the anthology Today's Great Poems and Copyright 1994 by The Famous Poets Society, Copyright 2023 by sweetslimited.

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Written on December 26, 1992

Submitted by markanthonyschroettner on December 22, 2023

Modified by markanthonyschroettner on December 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABB CDDXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 268
Words 63
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 5
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