THE DAMSEL I PREFER
All like a puff of breath,
Nothing they weigh on scales,
Lighter than a mere breath.
As light as a feather,
Still they live in high feather,
Without prestige of virginity.
Negatively intelligent they are,
Feign feather-brained guys.
At cock-crow,
To the gen domicile,
What a solitary visit.
Out of every ten, one is laudable;
Others are all phonies.
They have lost their feminine glory.
Lead them to the altar,
Is like buying a pig in a poke.
Their glory is dried up.
Discouraged and confused.
But the damsel I prefy,
Will be of laudable value.
Many things glitter in life,
But they are not all gold.
Many ladies are full of beauty,
Dozens have lost their glory.
But the damsel I prefer,
Will be full of virtue;
One that fears God.
The flowers are full of honey,
But only the bee finds out the sweetness.
Exercise patience I will,
Like the bee,
To find out the damsel of my choice.
About this poem
It is written to discourage the acts of immorality among the female youths and to encourage young guys to go for the decent girls.
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Submitted by peterbukola2014 on March 30, 2024
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Scheme | ABACCDEFGHIHBDCJKLMHMNDDCOPDQHDR |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 881 |
Words | 192 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
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