I Listen Carefully
I listen carefully when love is said
And hear how and not how much
Big seas and lofty mountains led
To huge statements,leave no touch
A few small words simple worth
Say every feeling love conceives
We cry alone on shiny earth
For loving tones one voice achieves
But I love you and you hear noise
In my best words love forever
I give you my most honest joys
To mollify your silence,never
Hear anything I know is true
You will love me as I love you
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD DEDE FF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 89 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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