The Divine Exchange
The little girl, not more than ten,
selling sticks of incense,
standing by road.
I was attracted by lingering fragrance.
She begged me
to buy few
and flung me
a smiling view.
Neither I could turn down her offer
nor fade her smile
as I was willing to walk
to enjoy her smile, mile after mile.
It was a divine exchange.
She earned trifle and was delighted.
My heart was with bliss,
which was very long doomed and crippled.
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Submitted by swarup on October 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX ABAB XCXC XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 407 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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