Souls of Ours [Paradell]

by Andrew Morton   Jul 9, 2007


Beneath the depth of my soul
beneath the depth of my soul
forever more will scars lay
forever more will scars lay
lay my soul beneath forever
more will the scars of depth

drowning in the sea of tears
drowning in the sea of tears
someone save our souls
someone save our souls
souls of ours save the sea
someone drowning in the tears

can you still feel my pain
can you still feel my pain
numb from the cold
numb from the cold
still numb from my pain
can you feel the cold

the tears of my numb soul
can still feel the cold
pain from beneath the sea
forever drowning, save the scars
the depth of someone in you
more of our souls will lay

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The Paradell Structure

First Three Stanzas:
The first two lines as well as the third and fourth lines of the first three stanzas must be the same
(repeat). Where it begins to get difficult and become more of a poetic puzzle is when reaching
fifth and sixth lines. These lines must contain all the words from the preceding four lines within
the stanza using them only once to form completely new lines.

Last Stanza:
For the most difficult piece of this poetic puzzle, the final stanza of the paradelle does not repeat like
the preceding stanzas, rather the final six lines must contain every word from the first three stanzas,
and only those words, again using them only once to form completely new lines.

The Design is simple:
Stanza 1: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4
Stanza 2: 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8
Stanza 3: 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12
Stanza 4: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

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  • 16 years ago

    by Cindy

    Andrew for this bing your first Paradell you did real good. It is a hard one to master. One I have not tried yet.
    Great job!
    Take Care Cindy

  • 16 years ago

    by Gemma

    WOW! This one is crazy! It's excellent writing, of course, but just the overall concept is so complex, but you pulled it off, excellent work!! 5/5 =D