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by Valarie Golden

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"Why did you keep this?" The Floorboards ask me, holding up walls covered in poetry. "Why does she hurt us?" The Walls ask to the Floorboards, holding the tacks that hold his poetry. "Why do you hold his lies?" The Tacks ask his Lines, The lies that weep his poetry "Because she loves these pretty lies." The Lines brag to the floors that hold up the walls that hold the tacks that hold the lines watching me. "She thinks I mean her, That he considers her a muse" If only I stopped reading his poetry.
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allusionenjambmentmetaphorrepetitionidentityloveelegypersonificationfree verse

Valarie Golden

Hello, darlings. I am Val. She/her. I am an ally of the earth and all her people. I also happen to be a follower of jesus. I am a poet and an author and a girl that dreams. I am a minor between the ages of 14 and 18. I am no longer active on Hello Poetry, but you can find me there under the same pen name I use here. "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." -J.R.R Tolkien

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Primarily autobiographical heartbreak; some abstract mediation on interpretation.

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple layered ideas: jealousy, self-deception, obsession woven densely throughout.

DarkSentimentBright

Melancholic, self-aware pain; some resignation but predominantly sorrowful.

StillEnergyExplosive

Restless questioning and internal conflict; moderate kinetic tension throughout.

MicroLengthEpic

17 lines; falls in 16-30 range.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Rich personification of objects; metaphoric architecture of obsession; poetic layering.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Lyric voice with embedded dramatic monologues from objects; shifting perspectives.

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