Sleeping With The Muse
Sleeping with the Muse,
my nights have grown short
Sleeping with the Muse,
my spirit comports
Sleeping with the Muse,
words dance with delight
Sleeping with the Muse,
confronting my fright
Sleeping with the Muse,
her will tests again
Sleeping with the Muse,
not lover or friend
Sleeping with the Muse,
my dreams sacrifice
Sleeping with the Muse,
all rest put on ice
Sleeping with the Muse,
the whispers come clean
Sleeping with the Muse,
excuses demean
Sleeping with the Muse,
my spool is respun
Sleeping with the Muse,
divorced from the sun
Sleeping with the Muse,
the day will confirm
Sleeping with the Muse,
what in darkness I learned
Sleeping with the Muse,
till dawns reckoning light
Sleeping with the Muse,
—my heart lifts and takes flight
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 15, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 783 |
Words | 132 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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