Verses Deboned
While listening to everyone but myself,
failing to take my own advice
I married the widow of dark consensus,
betrothed to darkness—divorced of light
I followed her blindly into the cave,
where the leopard of ignorance roamed
And watched as the demon devoured my words,
unholy banquet—all verses deboned
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2017)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 18, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XX XA XX XA X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 345 |
Words | 53 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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