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"IT IS "

Shawn Michael Brennan 1977 (Buffalo NY)

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To try and find a reason why I'm here is beneath me.
To feel my feet,
To see their seat,
To taste the world on which I stand.

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Learning to view you.

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Written on September 15, 1989

Submitted by Lilbrennan77 on January 01, 2022

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 125
Words 31
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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