Archival Rearrangement



What has passed, is now and gone,
The former, not the latter;
Space to be newly occupied,
Brings bout a bitter matter;

What of the feel which came to last,
Among the reality stirring;
Fantasy brings about real astrangement,
In reaching for the reoccurring;

But, now begone and be released,
That stuffy all too climbing;
The archival rearrangement pleased,
And now I must stop rhyming!

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Submitted on October 07, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABA XCBC XCXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 380
Words 66
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Donald Loudon

I started to write because of the great feeling of release, and being able to do something of my own that I enjoyed. Since then, writing has become a way of life for me, and I enjoy it thoroughly. I write about things I feel strongly and or know a lot about. more…

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