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Slow Dance

Charis Redmond

The world forever stands still
Nothing has ever changed
Everything is a blend in time
A slow never-ending burn

Change is only an illusion
Why walk when you can dance
It seems we all walk through the week
Why do we fear that slow dance
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Submitted on February 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX XAXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 227
Words 45
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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