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The Earth

Oscar W Van Loan

I see the earth around me​

I hear the buzzing bees​

I smell the wet damp dirt ​

I can feel the trees on the outskirts​

I taste the sweet violet flowers ​

They will be devoured
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Written on March 02, 2023

Submitted by vanlosc000 on March 02, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 190
Words 42
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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