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Lovely sentiments! Iambic tetrameter is missing: Why am I still addicted to you WHY am/ I STILL/ ad-DICT/-ed to YOU = trochee, spondee, iamb, anapest When I see you I am no longer blue when I/ see YOU/ i AM/ no LONG/-er BLUE/ = iambic pentameter with an extra foot Instead, I am filled with the love flu in-STEAD/ I am FILLED/ with the LOVE/ FLU = iamb, anapest, anapest with an extra syllable And wonder if you too and WON/-der if YOU/ TOO = iamb, anapest + TOO for a total of six syllables Feel the same way I do FEEL the/ SAME way/ I do/ = trochaic trimeter https://www.creative-writing-now.com/poetry-meter.html Let the creativity flow from your soul! Dave "The Poet's Place " |