Balance
Jack Graham 1975 (Belfast)
Modern, balance sources of validation
When it's way too early, for alcohol
day's want to hurt as badly as the nights
Rub out jagged edges with co codamol
It only muddies this holy water
Stack like wood, reasons to live, for later
I only need to get hurt once, to know
NPC's painted on faces, every heart hollow
Love prefers cliche themes of drunkenness
Pain hungover consequence of balance
While these young fools gamble with happiness
can never be ready to take that chance
I have fostered a us Vs them mentality
Us become you became them eventually
About this poem
I'm trying to do sonnets in 10 syllables for verses then 12 for end couplet here is a recent example about modern love
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Written on March 20, 2024
Submitted by jackg.26131 on March 20, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BBCC DXDX EE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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