Three Ears and Three Eyes
A poet needs to have three ears;
The first two for all sounds.
The third one is the one he needs
For words that float around.
Those are the stand-out words he hears
That grab attention tight,
And shake him 'till he finds a pen
So, he can start to write.
He also needs a third eye to
See any stand-out word
That he finds on a printed page;
Imagination stirred!
I'm glad I have three ears and eyes;
I take them everywhere,
Because I never know just when
I might have thoughts to share.
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Written on August 28, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 28, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on August 28, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX XABA XCXC XDBD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 486 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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