Dancing With My Shadow

Jenna Gilmore 1977 (Florida)



"Dancing With My Shadow"


Close my eyes; dance to the beat
It permeates right through my feet

Dancing with my shadow
Maintaining the tempo

Meet me on the edge
Where darkness takes flight
As we dance with our shadows in the pale moonlight
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Written on March 17, 2022

Submitted on March 17, 2022

Modified on April 25, 2023

14 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme A bb Aa xcc
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 241
Words 48
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 3

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