things past
I am venturing forth into a yonder hole
To rest my weary skull
Alone may the animal stir
That meekly but lurks
In the shallow ravines
Of my decrepit chest
.
If only this task
We're a god-chosen test
A means to an end
Rather than a rambling mess
.
Craven I walk off
Afraid of even a child’s glance
Until I discover
That I am only a mask
Built out of the babbling brook
Of things past
About this poem
the beginning of the perennial journey.
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Written on February 02, 2022
Submitted by leedeckard6 on February 03, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X X A X X B C B X X X X A C X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 419 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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