Ever Changing
Music can only be heard one way,
words have a different refrain
Melody imprisoned by note and score,
what’s written when read apt to change
The ear a prisoner to the composer’s delight,
to listen—a captive within
But reading the lines that a poet inscribes
ever changing—each time you begin
(Dreamsleep: January, 2021)
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Submitted by sage48 on January 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 323 |
Words | 53 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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