What is love?
Apple tree above and grass below
Sandwiched a lost traveller twixt roads
Tight grip of letter in hand, cold
From wandering, searching for home;
Downcast stare lays bare his despair
Finishing last, a race which never ends
Fair dirt invites his defeated glare
To athletes of earth, stringing heads;
Mother Nature listening, he enquires
"What is love?", to a bare apple core
In psychotic wonder, an ant replies
"Don't hurt us, don't hurt us no more."
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Submitted on January 10, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXX BXBX ACXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 436 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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