The Smallest Pond
Hey there, high school teacher,
your talent to rebuff
but when you try imagining
your focus coarse and rough
Your feelings mostly borrowed,
your words ill-gotten gains
your hours spent in false critique
of someone else’s pain
You’re outclassed high-school teacher,
your envy on display
your pedantry a mocking tone
and pretense on parade
(To Wayne Miller: April, 1967)
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Submitted by sage48 on March 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXB XXXX AXXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 360 |
Words | 59 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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