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This should be your last resort

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Imagine a place so definitely friendly Even oceans greet at nature's assembly Something alive here in the heart of the city But there's still Untold stories what a pity And the inexperience stories you heard Oh what shame by reebecks beard A cape town story is meaningless unlived Like the glass of water you never lift Heres a little something to kwench the thirst We call it lekker learn the language first From the koeksister to the dhaltjie the Culture remains in the recipe Cultures not stolen but inherited identity The greenery scenery creates a serenity Big 5 the hippo and giraffes our pride The African plate has alot to offer it hide And inside we can hear the zulu,Xhosa,boer and malay I can list them all but it will take all day Rather come and take a seat and seek The January beat the waves that greet At the Baxter theater and beaches Mzansi better than what holly features
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muizz (Mark)

Im a seventeen year old who had a passion for writing since the 4th grade I thought it was going to take me somewhere seeing that I was the only boy who couldn't play sports who was born with a soft soft voice and remains misunderstood I have spent my childhood trying to escape every comer of it yet still I have gotten nowhere I still have big dream like making children's dream come true and going to America

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Mostly personal/concrete Cape Town experience with some philosophical reflection

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple ideas per stanza: culture, identity, geography, language, invitation

DarkSentimentBright

Predominantly positive celebration with minor regret about untold stories

StillEnergyExplosive

Inviting, energetic voice with movement and sensory engagement throughout

MicroLengthEpic

24 lines falls within 16-30 range

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Similes, metaphor, personification present but mixed with declarative passages

LyricVoiceDramatic

Primarily lyric voice with invitation to reader; slight narrative/tour guide quality

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Yurii Tkachenko
I guess, this poem has the the very dynamic and energetic style of the greatest Cape town.

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