The Snowy Trail
Where does the snowy trail lead?
To a trapper's cache by the frozen river,
or to a warm cabin glowing with embers;
this is the path that the lean wolf and
its wiry neighbor, the fox both follow,
stealthily searching for food to fill
their empty and cold stomachs.
A writer's trail is snowy at times,
as the hunger trail of the wild,
it leads over steep hills, winding its way
through the meadows of icy stillness,
bypassing a frozen pond where a herd
of majestic moose tread carefully
while their nostrils flare from winter's
frostiness.
The trail is an exhaustive climb and food
is scarce, but the untamed denizens
reach their goal such as the ravenous
writers who do not give up and follow
their dreams.
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Submitted by Sonny68 on January 22, 2016
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAXBXX XXXCXXAA XXCBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 690 |
Words | 127 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 5 |
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