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The Day I Was Born

Narayani Gaekwad 2008

I came out in a heartbeat,
The first sound I made was a cry,
Their love for me was elite,
I could feel them standing by

I was tiny when I came out,
So I've heard,
I loved drinking milk,
And kakoo-d like a bird

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The experience when I was born

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Written on January 12, 2022

Submitted by narayanig2019 on January 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCXC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 216
Words 52
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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