Friendship
E.S. Conway 1985 (United Kingdom)
Born amidst the shores
Of a calm and loving land
Lie the foundations of us all
Each person made of sand
In life we get a handful
A hundred thousand grains
A myriad of souls
Is all that they contain
Each and every grain
Held fast by grafted tears
a bond once so unique,
Replacing life long fears
But as the sand drys out,
From life's dead heat,
They slip slowly through your fingers,
And fall upon your feet
A grain of sand still there,
Is still not all the same,
As you grasp another handful
And repeat this all again
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Submitted by almostemily on May 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BXXC CXXX XDXD XXBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 498 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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