when it falls off the edge
When It Falls Off The Edge 8/4/17
Is it easier to play it safe
Or lead the rat race
Who regulates the pace
Do I survive as a basket case
Yet Living on the edge seems so commonplace
But Then
Making the decisions come with so much derision
And living with no vision seems a winning position
Until that edge comes into your sphere of confliction
Jumping off or jumping in
Only you can understand its restrictions
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Submitted on August 09, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCCCCDEEDFG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 398 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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