Oft Times
Oft times,
The smallest of things
Are the biggest of all
Oft times,
The softer you land
The harder you fall
Oft times,
Life is a present
Tied with ribbon and lace
Oft times,
The one’s you ignored
In your dreams have a face
Oft times,
The beginning and end
Join together attached
Oft times,
Those doors that you locked
With new love come unlatched
Oft times,
The family lost
In new loyalty found
Oft times,
The things that you're not
—free your world to go round
(Airplane To Las Vegas: August 1, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 25, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axb Acb Axd Axd Axx Axc Axe Axe x |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 484 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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