Small spoon
Ashleigh Jones 2000 (Cape Town)
It’s a selfless love
A helpless love
A love taken in spoonfuls
You like the small spoons
Because they savour the flavour
Make it last a bit longer
Make the feeling a bit stronger
I’d say I fell in love with you in teaspoons
Small amounts at a time,
And then all at once fully engorged
I love you in small spoons
The perfect amount, the perfect fit
Not too much, just a little bit at a time
But always more than enough
About this poem
How love grows from something as small as a teaspoon into something as big and beautiful as being in love
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Written on June 22, 2022
Submitted by ashleighjones25 on June 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAX BCCC BDE BEDX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 436 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 4 |
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