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Major English exercise no. 22: The Dorsimbra?

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Time

Upon my watch, three hands tell me the time,
The mirror shows a different degree,
Forgotten thoughts with words that do not rhyme,
Meander down the road to lunacy.

Shine your shoes up!
Put on your tie!
Let’s go outside…
And find a place to fly!

Come and gone for me to see, believed,
The ocean tides, rivers wide, crimson sky,
How will I know when God has called to me?
Upon my watch, three hands tell me the time.

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DORSIMBRA

Stanza One: Four lines of Shakespearean sonnet (iambic pentameter rhymed abab).

Stanza Two: Four lines of short and snappy free verse.

Stanza Three: Four lines of iambic pentameter blank verse, where the last line repeats the first line of Stanza One.
This may be my best yet. I just wrote it and it needs no fixing…

Major English exercise no. 22: The Dorsimbra?

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Time

Upon my watch, three hands tell me the time,
The mirror shows a different degree,
Forgotten thoughts with words that do not rhyme,
Meander down the road to lunacy.

Shine your shoes up!
Put on your tie!
Let’s go outside…
And find a place to fly!

Come and gone for me to see, believed,
The ocean tides, rivers wide, crimson sky,
How will I know when God has called to me?
Upon my watch, three hands tell me the time.

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DORSIMBRA

Stanza One: Four lines of Shakespearean sonnet (iambic pentameter rhymed abab).

Stanza Two: Four lines of short and snappy free verse.

Stanza Three: Four lines of iambic pentameter blank verse, where the last line repeats the first line of Stanza One.
This may be my best yet. I just wrote it and it needs no fixing…