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Tattered Heart

Dustin Strong

My heart beats
But it slows
The Rhythm fading

Once the eternal roar
Of life itself
Washed away

With Endless slumber
The heart creates
As it shatters

A touch restart
The Rhythm lost
By tattered pieces

But loves touch
Stolen from clutches
Of loves own blood
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Submitted on June 15, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX XXX XXX XXA XAX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 241
Words 46
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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