Estrangement
Julie Herbert 1966
I wept a thousand oceans for you,
And will continue to cry
Till every lake is empty
And every river dry.
My heart will keep breaking
A million pieces Red
Carpeting the world
In a scarlet velvet bed.
This life cannot be mine?
It's a nightmare so surreal
Oh, that this dream would end
So we can start to heal.
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Written on June 06, 2015
Submitted by Juleiann on December 28, 2021
Modified on March 23, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 316 |
Words | 72 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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