My Valentine

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I have loved you for a long time
So, will you be my valentine?
A ring on your finger bare
To show you my utmost care
Let time’s spell hold its sway
As we dance the night away
I have loved you for a long time
So, will you be my valentine?

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Written for Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Saturday Mix– Octelle.

The Octelle, created by Emily Romano, is a poem consisting of eight lines using personification and symbolism in a telling manner. The syllable count structure for this verse is 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, and the rhyme scheme is aa/bb/cc/aa. The first two lines and the last two lines are identical.

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