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Men

Roberto C DiMambro 1958 (S. Lorenzo/S.S. Cosma e Damiano)

Epigram
We are like leaves attached to a tree,
Winter is coming, and we are not yet free.

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This poem is about men's struggles as life nears its end.

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Written on August 21, 1976

Submitted by rdimamb on January 21, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 81
Words 18
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
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  • luisestable1
    luisestable1
    This is a curious conceit. The leaves are better off if they become detached form the tree when winter came. Or the leaves are miserable because winter came and they are still attached to the tree and men are like that so to speak.
    You are making a very intriguing comparison in all of this. It is up to debate if it really works or not. 
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