Abridged Tale
If everyone's life story turned into a book
Everywhere there'd have to be a library
Wouldn't have enough time to look
Through each story of everybody literally
Instead, shorten each story into a poem
Enough words to reflect you or me
Depending how long you lived to show them
All your life was just sheer poetry
About this poem
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Written on January 29, 2023
Submitted by jb809499 on January 29, 2023
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB XBXB |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 312 |
Words | 57 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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