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Clouds

Advaith M Menon

In the azure sky,
mellow winds keep sailing by,
pushing chunks of misty air,
dogs, cats and even short hats.

But the one that I choose,
is the one that I lose.
A short stubby pencil,
and when I closed my eyes,
the one that I saw went sailing by.

Advaith M Menon
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Written on November 02, 2022

Submitted by nisha.madhusekhar on February 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXX BBXXA X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 266
Words 64
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 1
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