My Rival
Chris Wainwirght 1970 (Liverpool)
So, what defines a rival?
What makes a great adversary?
Do they have to be male or female?
Or maybe it’s something I cannot yet see?
Isn’t a rival someone who strives to beat another?
In my case, whoever aims for the same life goals as me?
Someone who frustrates, hinders or even harms in some way
The one who forbids me, to be.
What do I perceive to be my biggest threat right now?
Is it the hassles of daily life?
Is it something that really doesn’t need to be worried about?
Or is there something that really does cause me much strife?
So which one is my arch-nemesis?
A true foe, the sworn enemy?
Who is the one that stands before all others?
It’s simple, that one.... ...is me!
About this poem
A look at ones self
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Written on March 21, 2012
Submitted by chrisw.65202 on March 16, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XAXA XBXB XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 700 |
Words | 148 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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