I Am What I Am Poem by ivor or ivor.e hogg

I am what I am

I try my best to show
So other people know
That I’m a gentleman.

Because I think it best
to differ from the rest.
I am not a macho man.

I am content to be
seen as ordinary.
Though I am a gentle man.

Balassi Stanza

13/05/2009

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Parameters
Three three line stanzas
Rhyme pattern
aab
ccb
ddb
first and second lines 6syllables
third line seven syllables