Speaking Of Dirt
(Two every day adversaries, one putting the other down all the time, while the other just tries to get along)
You praising me in a strange old way,
In fields of ripe, red clover;
You marvel at the brand, new day,
While wrestling me over;
While clearly all you throw at me,
Is fear and affliction feeling;
The kiss you bring to my healing heart,
Is felt through lips unsealing;
This day of mine and yours in hay,
Is basic beauty at its best;
My heart is told in a new found way,
I have once again failed the test;
So speak, and lie, and move me down,
To less than the dirt we trod;
But when we face, and get our due,
It is I who will get the nod!
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Submitted on May 15, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BCBC XXXA BDBD XEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 131 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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