Snake
And their eyes were opened
And they were ashamed
And that’s how we got here
Untamed and blamed
What choice did we have
The snake was too clever
How could we have known
The punishment is forever
We were naked like animals
Roaming free and unaware
Now we’re consumed by ego
Running scared with our err
What we chose to believe
Is that there’s a better life
A world that offers only love
Not this ugliness and strife
So we live out each day
With our hopes in our prayers
Knowing quite well that snake
Is still leading us in errors
About this poem
We got hoodwinked by our own minds
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Written on April 04, 2004
Submitted by Michaelmatalon on January 28, 2022
Modified on April 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 538 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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