My Dear Wise One
From the middle of the room,
it was here, he told me,
where my life regained purpose.
Not to worry, nor to hurry
But to take time and
to do things right
For he was a wise man and
knew all, not did
he hide secrets of life away
Amazement we felt of
his stories of being a lad,
the same we did as we came of age
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Submitted by charli_brooke on April 23, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAX ABX BXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 300 |
Words | 68 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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