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Constellation

Emma Barron 2006 (Plano, Texas)

Free verse
You and the monster both
Made my makeup disappear.

He helped me cry it off.

Yet you wipe it off
Gently
After I’ve fallen asleep

And before “goodnight”
You say
“I missed your freckles.”
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Written on January 13, 2024

Submitted by emmaisabellbarron on February 02, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX A AXX XXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 199
Words 42
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 3, 3
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Hi :). I’m Emma Barron. I’m 17 and I’m a photographer and poet. I love to shine a light on the little things in life and share their hidden beauty with the world. more…

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