RAP

Adheesha Gunathilaka 2008 (kaluthara)



Never waver even if you escape
People live   knowing about the world

Nobody knows this me

Not even of Sinhalese blood

I have two friends who eat one rice


I don't have too many desires

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Submitted by namastha on November 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX X X X X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 191
Words 43
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 1, 1, 1

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