The Letter
Dear Father, I am writing to you
From a cold lonely place
Sad and confused;
The day I left, is the day I died
The warmth in your house
I had despised;
I miss your smile, so dear to me
For now faces grunt
Sorely displeased;
I'm struggling to work, or to eat
In Your house was plenty
Abundance of meat;
As I close this letter, never forget
One day your dreaded servant
Would like to come back ...
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Submitted on December 14, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX XXX ABX CAC XBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 380 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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