<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359863" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sinking (Octelle)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Freedom, you're on a sinking ship<br>Blinded, tossed about, losing grip! <br>Enemies laugh, as you drown<br>With your flawed throne and false crown<br>Free yourself! Open your eyes! <br>Deceit has slipped through with lies<br>Freedom, you're on a sinking ship<br>Blinded, tossed about, losing grip! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Ships sail on water, but if the water gets in slowly, <br>even a battleship will sink. Nations do not fall instantly, <br>they get corrupted inside very slowly.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>cynthiabuhainbaello11.28.12</div><div style="margin:10px 0">*Octelle poem - 8 line poem with aa-bb-cc-aa rhyme scheme<br>and 88-77-77-88 syllable pattern. The first 2 lines are<br>repeated as the last 2 lines.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It uses personification & symbolism and it written in <br>a telling manner.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Cynthia+Buhain-Baello">Cynthia Buhain-Baello</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359863" data-title="Sinking (Octelle) de Cynthia Buhain-Baello" data-description="Freedom, you're on a sinking ship Blinded, tossed about, losing grip! Enemies laugh, as you drown With your flawed throne and false crown Free yourself! Open your eyes! Deceit has slipped through with lies Freedom, you're on a sinking ship Blind..."></div> </div> </div>

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